“Do what you have to do with moderation. This is the will of the Lord. Do not allow commotion and din or discord with bad feeling to give rise to estrangement. So Paul adds these words to what he has said about his wish that the servants of God should admonish wrongdoing.”
Ambrosiaster, 4th c. — EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS 5.17
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17Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
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15See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
16Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
— Ephesians 5:17 —
18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
19Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;