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Ephesians 6

Family Relationships

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

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 aHONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER (which is the first commandment with a promise),

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SO THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH YOU, AND THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH.

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 aFathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but  bbring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

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 aSlaves, be obedient to those who are your  1masters according to the flesh, with  bfear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart,  cas to Christ;

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 anot  1by way of eyeservice, as  bmen-pleasers, but as  cslaves of Christ,  ddoing the will of God from the  2heart.

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With good will  1render service,  aas to the Lord, and not to men,

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 aknowing that  bwhatever good thing each one does, this he will receive back from the Lord,  cwhether slave or free.

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And masters, do the same things to them, and  agive up threatening, knowing that  bboth their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is  cno partiality with Him.

The Armor of God

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Finally,  abe strong in the Lord and in  bthe strength of His might.

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 aPut on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the  bschemes of the devil.

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For our  astruggle is not against  1 bflesh and blood, but  cagainst the rulers, against the powers, against the  dworld forces of this  edarkness, against the  fspiritual forces of wickedness in  gthe heavenly places.

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Therefore, take up  athe full armor of God, so that you will be able to  bresist in  cthe evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.

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Stand firm therefore,  aHAVING GIRDED YOUR LOINS WITH TRUTH, and HAVING  bPUT ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,

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and having  ashod YOUR FEET WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE;

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 1in addition to all, taking up the  ashield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the  bflaming arrows of  cthe evil one.

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And take  aTHE HELMET OF SALVATION, and the  bsword of the Spirit, which is  cthe word of God.

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 1With all  aprayer and petition  2 bpray at all times  cin the Spirit, and with this in view,  3 dbe on the alert with all  eperseverance and  fpetition for all the saints,

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and  apray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me  bin the opening of my mouth, to make known with  cboldness  dthe mystery of the gospel,

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for which I am an  aambassador  bin  1chains; that  2in proclaiming it I may speak  cboldly,  das I ought to speak.

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 aBut that you also may know about my circumstances,  1how I am doing,  bTychicus,  cthe beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make everything known to you.

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 1 aI have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may know  2about us, and that he may  bcomfort your hearts.

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 aPeace be to the brethren, and  blove with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ  1with incorruptible love.



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