Ephesians 5:18–32

¹⁸And ^sdo not get drunk with wine, for that is ^tdebauchery, but ^ube filled with the Spirit, ¹⁹addressing one another in ^vpsalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, ^20wgiving thanks always and for everything to God the Father ^xin the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^21ysubmitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Wives and Husbands

^22zWives, ^asubmit to your own husbands, ^bas to the Lord. ²³For ^cthe husband is the head of the wife even as ^dChrist is the head of the church, his body, and is ^ehimself its Savior. ²⁴Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit ^fin everything to their husbands.

^25gHusbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and ^hgave himself up for her, ²⁶that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by ⁱthe washing of water ^jwith the word, ²⁷so ^kthat he might present the church to himself in splendor, ^lwithout spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.^{1 28}In the same way ^mhusbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. ²⁹For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, ³⁰because ⁿwe are members of his body. ^31o“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and ^pthe two shall become one flesh.” ³²This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.