17. Therefore, be ye not unwise, but understanding of what the will of the Lord is.
18. And be not drunk with wine, in which there is excess, but be filled with the Spirit,
19. speaking among yourselves with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and praising the Lord in your hearts,
20. giving thanks always for all things unto the God and Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
21. submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
22. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husband, as unto the Lord.
23. For the husband is the head of the wife even as the Christ is head of the congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones}, and it is he who gives saving health to the body.
24. Therefore, as the congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} is subject unto the Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.
25. Husbands, love your wives even as the Christ also loved the congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} and gave himself for her,