Ephesians 6:1-24 Children, be obeying your parents, in the Lord, for this is just."

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Children, be obeying your parents, in the Lord, for this is just." ² Honor your father and mother' (which is the first precept with a promise), ³ that it may be becoming well with you, and you should be a long time on the earth." ⁴ And fathers, do not be vexing your children, but be nurturing them in the discipline and admonition of the Lord." ⁵ Slaves, be obeying your masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the singleness of your heart, as to Christ, ⁶ not with eye-slavery, as man-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul, ⁷ with good humor slaving as to the Lord and not to men, ⁸ being aware that, whatsoever good each one should be doing, for this he will be requited by the Lord, whether slave or free." ⁹ And, masters, be doing the same toward them, being lax in threatening, being aware that their Master as well as yours is in the heavens, and there is no partiality with Him. " ¹⁰ For the rest, brethren mine, be invigorated in the Lord and in the might of His strength." ¹¹ Put on the panoply of God, to enable you to stand up to the stratagems of the Adversary, ¹² for it is not ours to wrestle with blood and flesh, but with the sovereignties, with the authorities, with the world-mights of this darkness, with the spiritual forces of wickedness among the celestials." ¹³ Therefore take up the panoply of God that you may be enabled to withstand in the wicked day, and having effected all, to stand." ¹⁴ Stand, then, girded about your loins with truth, with the cuirass of righteousness put on." ¹⁵ and your feet sandaled with the readiness of the evangel of peace; ¹⁶ with all taking up the large shield of faith, by which you will be able to extinguish all the fiery arrows of the wicked one." ¹⁷ And receive the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit, which is a declaration of God." ¹⁸ During every prayer and petition be praying on every occasion (in spirit being vigilant also for it with all perseverance and petition concerning all the saints, ¹⁹ and for me), that to me expression may be granted, in the opening of my mouth with boldness, to make known the secret of the evangel, ²⁰ for which I am conducting an embassy in a chain, that in it I should be speaking boldly, as I must speak." ²¹ Now that you also may be acquainted with my affairs, and what is engaging me, all will be made known to you by Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, ²² whom I send to you for this same thing, that you may know our concerns, and he should be consoling 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 who are loving our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruption! Amen!