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1 Chil­dren, obey your par­ents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Hon­our thy fa­ther and moth­er; (which is the first com­mand­ment with promise;) 3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 4 And, ye fa­thers, pro­voke not your chil­dren to wrath: but bring them up in the nur­ture and ad­mo­ni­tion of the Lord. 5 Ser­vants, be obe­di­ent to them that are your mas­ters ac­cord­ing to the flesh, with fear and trem­bling, in sin­gle­ness of your heart, as unto Christ; 6 Not with eye­ser­vice, as men­pleasers; but as the ser­vants of Christ, do­ing the will of God from the heart; 7 With good will do­ing ser­vice, as to the Lord, and not to men: 8 Know­ing that what­so­ev­er good thing any man doeth, the same shall he re­ceive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. 9 And, ye mas­ters, do the same things unto them, for­bear­ing threat­en­ing: know­ing that your Mas­ter also is in heav­en; nei­ther is there re­spect of per­sons with him. 10 Fi­nal­ly, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the pow­er of his might. 11 Put on the whole ar­mour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the dev­il. 12 For we wres­tle not against flesh and blood, but against prin­ci­pal­i­ties, against pow­ers, against the rulers of the dark­ness of this world, against spir­i­tu­al wicked­ness in high places. 13 Where­fore take unto you the whole ar­mour of God, that ye may be able to with­stand in the evil day, and hav­ing done all, to stand. 14 Stand there­fore, hav­ing your loins girt about with truth, and hav­ing on the breast­plate of righ­teous­ness; 15 And your feet shod with the prepa­ra­tion of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, tak­ing the shield of faith, where­with ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the hel­met of sal­va­tion, and the sword of the Spir­it, which is the word of God: 18 Pray­ing al­ways with all prayer and sup­pli­ca­tion in the Spir­it, and watch­ing there­un­to with all per­se­ver­ance and sup­pli­ca­tion for all saints; 19 And for me, that ut­ter­ance may be giv­en unto me, that I may open my mouth bold­ly, to make known the mys­tery of the gospel, 20 For which I am an am­bas­sador in bonds: that there­in I may speak bold­ly, as I ought to speak. 21 But that ye also may know my af­fairs, and how I do, Ty­chi­cus, a beloved broth­er and faith­ful min­is­ter in the Lord, shall make known to you all things: 22 Whom I have sent unto you for the same pur­pose, that ye might know our af­fairs, and that he might com­fort your hearts. 23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Fa­ther and the Lord Je­sus Christ. 24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Je­sus Christ in sin­cer­i­ty. Amen.