16. making the most of the opportunity, because the days are evil.
17. Therefore, do not continue in ignorance, but try to understand what is the will of the Lord.
18. And do not get drunk on wine, in which lies debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
19. addressing one another [in] psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and playing to the Lord in your hearts,
20. giving thanks always and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father.
21. Be subordinate to one another out of reverence for Christ.
22. Wives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord.
23. For the husband is head of his wife just as Christ is head of the church, he himself the savior of the body.
24. As the church is subordinate to Christ, so wives should be subordinate to their husbands in everything.
25. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the church and handed himself over for her
26. to sanctify her, cleansing her by the bath of water with the word,
27. that he might present to himself the church in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.