⁵ saying,

⁷ The Lord has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob:^(J) “I will never forget^(K) anything they have done.^(L)

⁹ “In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord,

¹³ “In that day

¹⁵ Be very careful, then, how you live^(A)—not as unwise but as wise, ¹⁶ making the most of every opportunity,^(B) because the days are evil.^{(C) 17} Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.^{(D) 18} Do not get drunk on wine,^(E) which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,^{(F) 19} speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit.^(G) Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, ²⁰ always giving thanks^(H) to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Instructions for Christian Households^(I)

²¹ Submit to one another^(J) out of reverence for Christ.

²² Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands^(K) as you do to the Lord.^{(L) 23} For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church,^(M) his body, of which he is the Savior. ²⁴ Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands^(N) in everything.

²⁵ Husbands, love your wives,^(O) just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her^{(P) 26} to make her holy,^(Q) cleansing^[a] her by the washing^(R) with water through the word, ²⁷ and to present her to himself^(S) as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.^{(T) 28} In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives^(U) as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. ²⁹ After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— ³⁰ for we are members of his body.^{(V) 31} “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”^{[b](W) 32} This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. ³³ However, each one of you also must love his wife^(X) as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.^{(Y) 2} “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— ³ “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”^[c](Z)

⁴ Fathers,^[d] do not exasperate your children;^(AA) instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.^(AB)

⁵ Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect^(AC) and fear, and with sincerity of heart,^(AD) just as you would obey Christ.^{(AE) 6} Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ,^(AF) doing the will of God from your heart. ⁷ Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people,^{(AG) 8} because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do,^(AH) whether they are slave or free.

⁹ And masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours^(AI) is in heaven, and there is no favoritism^(AJ) with him.

Jesus Teaches at the Festival

¹⁴ Not until halfway through the festival did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach.^{(A) 15} The Jews^(B) there were amazed and asked, “How did this man get such learning^(C) without having been taught?”^(D)

¹⁶ Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.^{(E) 17} Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out^(F) whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. ¹⁸ Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory,^(G) but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him. ¹⁹ Has not Moses given you the law?^(H) Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”^(I)

²⁰ “You are demon-possessed,”^(J) the crowd answered. “Who is trying to kill you?”

²¹ Jesus said to them, “I did one miracle,^(K) and you are all amazed. ²² Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision^(L) (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs),^(M) you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath. ²³ Now if a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing a man’s whole body on the Sabbath? ²⁴ Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”^(N)

Division Over Who Jesus Is

²⁵ At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?^{(O) 26} Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities^(P) really concluded that he is the Messiah?^{(Q) 27} But we know where this man is from;^(R) when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.”

²⁸ Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts,^(S) cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from.^(T) I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true.^(U) You do not know him, ²⁹ but I know him^(V) because I am from him and he sent me.”^(W)

³⁰ At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him,^(X) because his hour had not yet come.^{(Y) 31} Still, many in the crowd believed in him.^(Z) They said, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs^(AA) than this man?”

³² The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.

³³ Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time,^(AB) and then I am going to the one who sent me.^{(AC) 34} You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.”^(AD)

³⁵ The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered^(AE) among the Greeks,^(AF) and teach the Greeks? ³⁶ What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”^(AG)