Ephesians 5:15-32Holman Christian Standard
Bible (HCSB)Consistency
in the Christian Life
15 Pay careful attention,
then, to how you walk—not as unwise people but as wise— 16 making the most of the
time,[a] because the days are evil. 17 So don’t be foolish, but
understand what the Lord’s will is. 18 And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads
to reckless actions, but be filled by the Spirit:19 speaking to one another
in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs,
singing and making music
from your heart to the Lord,20 giving thanks
always for everything
to God the Father
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,21 submitting to
one another
in the fear of Christ.Wives
and Husbands22 Wives, submit[b] to your own husbands as
to the Lord, 23 for
the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the
church. He is the Savior of the body. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so wives are to
submit to their husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the
church and gave Himself for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing[c] her with the washing of
water by the word. 27 He
did this to present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle
or anything like that, but holy and blameless. 28 In the same way,
husbands are to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife
loves himself. 29 For
no one ever hates his own flesh but provides and cares for it, just as Christ
does for the church, 30 since
we are members of His body.[d]31 For this reason a man will
leave
his father and mother
and be joined to his wife,
and the two will become one flesh.[e]32 This mystery is
profound, but I am talking about Christ and the church.
Questions
1. Why should we be careful in the way we
walk?
A. How we act and what we believe in should
represent Christ. It’s our physical walk
and our spiritual walk.
2. Is it important to make the most of time?
A. I’m a super procrastinator. We need to spend our time telling people
about Christ because we don’t know when He’s coming back.
3. What is the Lord’s will?
A. The Lord’s will is what the Lord
wants. We need to pray and listen, read
the Bible
4. What are we to do and what are we not to
do according to verse 18-21?
A. Don’t be reckless, or drunk with wine,
and to be kind in the way we speak, have the thought that the Holy Spirit is in
control so you can speak to others with kindness like the psalms, praise like
the hymns, and worship with songs.
5. What does God tell wives to do? And do we
still believe in this today?
A. To submit to their husbands.
6. Why does God tell wives to submit to
their husbands?
A. As the head leads the body and Christ leads
the Church, husbands are to lead their wives and families.
7. What does God tell husbands to do?
A. To love their wives like Christ loved the
Church. Husbands are to make sacrifices
for their family to seek out Christ.
