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The Book of Ephesians, Chapter 5, Verse 17

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Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord [is].
King James Version
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
American Standard Version
And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;
New English Translation
“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,
World English Bible
Therefore don't be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
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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.
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So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.