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So then, ^(F1)be careful how you ^(C1)walk, not ^(C2)as unwise people but as wise,

^(F1)(C1)making the most of your time, because ^(C2)the days are evil.

Therefore do not be foolish, but ^(C1)understand what the will of the Lord is.

And ^(C1)do not get drunk with wine, ^(F1)in which there is ^(C2)debauchery, but be ^(C3)filled with the Spirit,

^(C1)speaking to ^(F1)one another in ^(C2)psalms and ^(C3)hymns and spiritual ^(C4)songs, ^(C5)singing and making melody with your hearts to the Lord;

^(C1)always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to our ^(C2)God and Father;

^(F1)(C1)and subject yourselves to one another in the ^(F2)(C2)fear of Christ.

^(C1)Wives, ^(C2)subject yourselves to your own husbands, ^(C3)as to the Lord.

For ^(C1)the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the ^(C2)head of the church, He Himself ^(C3)being the Savior of the body.

But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.

^(C1)Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and ^(C2)gave Himself up for her,

^(C1)so that He might sanctify her, having ^(C2)cleansed her by the ^(C3)washing of water with ^(C4)the word,

that He might ^(C1)present to Himself the church ^(F1)in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be ^(C2)holy and blameless.

So husbands also ought to ^(C1)love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;

for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church,

because we are ^(C1)parts of His ^(C2)body.

^(C1)FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH.

This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.

Nevertheless, as for you individually, each husband is to ^(C1)love his own wife the same as himself, and the wife must see to it that she ^(C2)respects her husband.

^(C1)Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

^(C1)HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER (which is the first commandment with a promise),

SO THAT IT MAY TURN OUT WELL FOR YOU, AND THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH.

^(C1)Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but ^(C2)bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

^(C1)Slaves, be obedient to those who are your ^(F1)masters according to the flesh, with ^(C2)fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, ^(C3)as to Christ;

^(C1)not ^(F1)by way of ^(F2)eye-service, as ^(C2)people-pleasers, but as ^(C3)slaves of Christ, ^(C4)doing the will of God from the ^(F3)heart.

With goodwill ^(F1)render service, ^(C1)as to the Lord, and not to people,

^(C1)knowing that ^(C2)whatever good thing each one does, he will receive this back from the Lord, ^(C3)whether slave or free.

And masters, do the same things to them, and ^(C1)give up threatening, knowing that ^(C2)both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is ^(C3)no partiality with Him.

Finally, ^(C1)be strong in the Lord and in ^(C2)the strength of His might.

^(C1)Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the ^(C2)schemes of the devil.

For our ^(C1)struggle is not against ^(F1)(C2)flesh and blood, but ^(C3)against the rulers, against the powers, against the ^(C4)world forces of this ^(C5)darkness, against the ^(C6)spiritual forces of wickedness in ^(C7)the heavenly places.

Therefore, take up ^(C1)the full armor of God, so that you will be able to ^(C2)resist on ^(C3)the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.

Stand firm therefore, ^(C1)having belted your waist with truth, and having ^(C2)put on the breastplate of righteousness,

and having ^(C1)strapped on your feet the preparation of the gospel of peace;

^(F1)in addition to all, taking up the ^(C1)shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the ^(C2)flaming arrows of ^(C3)the evil one.

And take ^(C1)the helmet of salvation and the ^(C2)sword of the Spirit, which is ^(C3)the word of God.

^(F1)With every ^(C1)prayer and request, ^(F2)(C2)pray at all times ^(C3)in the Spirit, and with this in view, ^(F3)(C4)be alert with all ^(C5)perseverance and every ^(C6)request for all the ^(F4)saints,

and ^(C1)pray in my behalf, that speech may be given to me ^(C2)in the opening of my mouth, to make known with ^(C3)boldness ^(C4)the mystery of the gospel,

for which I am an ^(C1)ambassador ^(C2)in ^(F1)chains; that ^(F2)in proclaiming it I may speak ^(C3)boldly, ^(C4)as I ought to speak.

^(C1)Now, so that you also may know about my circumstances as to ^(F1)what I am doing, ^(C2)Tychicus, ^(C3)the beloved brother and faithful ^(F2)servant in the Lord, will make everything known to you.

^(F1)(C1)I have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may know ^(F2)about us, and that he may ^(C2)comfort your hearts.

^(C1)Peace be to the brothers and sisters, and ^(C2)love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ ^(F1)with incorruptible love.