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,
26. that he might sanctify and cleanse her in the washing of water by the word,
27. that he might present her glorious for himself, a congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones}, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.
28. So ought husbands to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself.