Chapter 6

  Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.  

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  Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)  

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  That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.  

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  And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.  

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  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;  

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  Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;  

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  With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:  

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  Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether [he be] bond or free.  

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  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.  

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  Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.  

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  Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.  

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  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].  

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  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.  

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  Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;  

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  And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;  

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  Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.  

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  And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:  

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  Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;  

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  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,  

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  For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.  

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  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:  

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  Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and [that] he might comfort your hearts.  

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  Peace [be] to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  

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  Grace [be] with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen. [To [the] Ephesians written from Rome, by Tychicus.]  

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