1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
2 “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first
3 “in order that it may be well with you, and you may
4 And fathers, do not make your children angry, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ,
6 not
7 serving with goodwill as to the Lord and not to people,
8 knowing that each one of you, if he should do anything good, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free.
9 And masters, do the same
10 Finally, become strong in the Lord and in the might of his strength.
11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the strategems of the devil,
12 because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual
13 Because of this, take up the full armor of God, in order that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, girding your waist with truth, and putting on the breastplate of righteousness,
15 and binding
16 in everything taking up the shield of faith, with which you are able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one,
17 and receive the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,
18 with all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and to this
19 and for me, that a word may be given to me at the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,
20 for the sake of which I am an ambassador in chains, that
21 Now, so that you also may know
22 whom I have sent
23 Peace to the brothers and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
24 Grace