7. So do not be associated with them.
8. For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light,
9. for light produces every kind of goodness and righteousness and truth.
10. Try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
11. Take no part in the fruitless works of darkness; rather expose them,
12. for it is shameful even to mention the things done by them in secret;
13. but everything exposed by the light becomes visible,
14. for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore, it says:“Awake, O sleeper,and arise from the dead,and Christ will give you light.”
15. Watch carefully then how you live, not as foolish persons but as wise,
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,