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The Book of Ephesians, Chapter 5, Verse 16

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Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
King James Version
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord [is].
American Standard Version
Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
New English Translation
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
World English Bible
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
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And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
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Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
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Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
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Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
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Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
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For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
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Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so [let] the wives [be] to their own husbands in every thing.
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Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
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That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
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That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.