Ephesians 5:18-32

18Don’t get drunk on wine, which leads to wild living. Instead, be filled with the Spirit

19by reciting psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs for your own good. Sing and make music to the Lord with your hearts.

20Always thank God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

21Place yourselves under each other’s authority out of respect for Christ.

22Wives, place yourselves under your husbands’ authority as you have placed yourselves under the Lord’s authority.

23The husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. It is his body, and he is its Savior.

24As the church is under Christ’s authority, so wives are under their husbands’ authority in everything.

25Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it.

26He did this to make the church holy by cleansing it, washing it using water along with spoken words.

27Then he could present it to himself as a glorious church, without any kind of stain or wrinkle—holy and without faults.

28So husbands must love their wives as they love their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself.

29No one ever hated his own body. Instead, he feeds and takes care of it, as Christ takes care of the church.

30We are parts of his body.

31That’s why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will be one.

32This is a great mystery. (I’m talking about Christ’s relationship to the church.)