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¹ The children: obey your parents in the LORD, for this is right;² honor your father and mother,³ which is the first command with a promise, "That it may be well with you, and you may live a long time on the land."⁴ And the fathers: do not provoke your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the LORD.⁵ The servants: obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;⁶ not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of [your] soul,⁷ serving with goodwill, as to the LORD, and not to men,⁸ having known that whatever good thing each one may do, this he will receive from the LORD, whether servant or freeman.⁹ And the masters! Do the same things to them, letting threatening alone, having also known that your Master is in the heavens, and favor by appearance is not with Him.

¹⁰ As to the rest, my brothers, be strong in the LORD, and in the power of His might;¹¹ put on the whole armor of God, so you are able to stand against the schemes of the Devil,¹² because our wrestling is not with flesh and blood, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual [forces] of evil in the heavenly places;¹³ because of this take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the day of the evil, and having done all things—to stand.¹⁴ Stand, therefore, having your loins girded around in truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,¹⁵ and having the feet shod in the preparation of the good news of peace;¹⁶ in all, having taken up the shield of faith, in which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one,¹⁷ and receive the helmet of the salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,¹⁸ through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in this, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the holy ones—

¹⁹ and in behalf of me, that to me may be given a word in the opening of my mouth, in freedom, to make known the secret of the good news,²⁰ for which I am an ambassador in a chain, that in it I may speak freely—as it is necessary for me to speak.²¹ And that you may know—you also—the things concerning me—what I do, Tychicus will make all things known to you, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the LORD,²² whom I sent to you for this very thing, that you might know the things concerning us, and that he might comfort your hearts.²³ Peace to the brothers, and love, with faith, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!²⁴ The grace with all those loving our Lord Jesus Christ—undecayingly! Amen.