11. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
12. It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
13. But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light.
14. This is why it is said: “Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
15. Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise,
16. making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
17. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
18. Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,
19. speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,
20. always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
21. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
22. Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.
23. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.
24. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
25. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
26. to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,