Walk in Wisdom

^15 (A)See then that you walk ^[a]circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, ^16 (B)redeeming the time, ^(C)because the days are evil.

^17 (D)Therefore do not be unwise, but ^(E)understand ^(F)what the will of the Lord is. ¹⁸ And ^(G)do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, ¹⁹ speaking to one another ^(H)in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making ^(I)melody in your heart to the Lord, ^20 (J)giving thanks always for all things to God the Father ^(K)in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^21 (L)submitting to one another in the fear of ^[b]God.

Marriage—Christ and the Church^(M)

²² Wives, ^(N)submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. ²³ For ^(O)the husband is head of the wife, as also ^(P)Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. ²⁴ Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands ^(Q)in everything.

^25 (R)Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and ^(S)gave Himself for her, ²⁶ that He might ^[c]sanctify and cleanse her ^(T)with the washing of water ^(U)by the word, ^27 (V)that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, ^(W)not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. ²⁸ So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. ²⁹ For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. ³⁰ For ^(X)we are members of His body, ^[d]of His flesh and of His bones. ^31 (Y)“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the ^(Z)two shall become one flesh.” ³² This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. ³³ Nevertheless ^(AA)let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she ^(AB)respects her husband.