15pLook carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16pmaking the best use of the time, because qthe days are evil. 17Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what rthe will of the Lord is. 18And sdo not get drunk with wine, for that is tdebauchery, but ube filled with the Spirit, 19addressing one another in vpsalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, 20wgiving thanks always and for everything to God the Father xin the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 21ysubmitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Wives and Husbands
22zWives, asubmit to your own husbands, bas to the Lord. 23For cthe husband is the head of the wife even as dChrist is the head of the church, his body, and is ehimself its Savior. 24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit fin everything to their husbands.
25gHusbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and hgave himself up for her, 26that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by ithe washing of water jwith the word, 27so kthat he might present the church to himself in splendor, lwithout spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.1 28In the same way mhusbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30because nwe are members of his body. 31o“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and pthe two shall become one flesh.” 32This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33However, qlet each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she rrespects her husband.
Footnotes
- 1 5:27 Or holy and blameless
Marriage: God’s Design
Ephesians 5:31–33 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 41:04 • ID: 3279
A Word to Husbands — Part Three
Ephesians 5:28–30 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 41:06 • ID: 3278
A Word to Husbands — Part One
Ephesians 5:25 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 38:25 • ID: 3276
A Word to Husbands — Part Two
Ephesians 5:25 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 21:12 • ID: 3277
Marriage: An Introduction
Ephesians 5:22–33 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 37:34 • ID: 3274
Submitting to One Another
Ephesians 5:21 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 38:46 • ID: 3265
Filled with the Spirit — Part One
Ephesians 5:18–19 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 41:16 • ID: 3262
A Study in Ephesians, Volume 8
Love, Light, Wisdom Ephesians 5:1–20 Series • ID: 14908
A Study in Colossians, Volume 4
God’s Pattern for Relationships Colossians 3:18–4:1, Ephesians 5:21–6:9 Series • ID: 15104
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