Ephesians 6:1-13 ▼

1 CHILDREN, obey your parents in our LORD, for this is right.

2 This is the first commandment with promise: Honour thy father and mother;

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

4 And parents, do not provoke your children to anger; but bring them up in the discipline and teaching of our LORD.

5 Servants, be obedient to your masters according to the flesh, with reverence and trembling, and with a sincere heart, as to Christ;

6 Not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as the servants of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.

7 And serve well with your whole soul, with love, as to our LORD, and not to men:

8 Knowing that whatever good thing any man does, the same shall he receive from our LORD, whether he be a slave or a freeman.

9 Also, masters, do the same things for your servants, forgiving their faults, because you also have your own Master in heaven; and there is no respect of persons with him.

10 From henceforth, my brethren, be strong in our LORD, and in the power of his might.

11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

12 For your conflict is not only with flesh and blood, but also with the angels, and with powers, with the rulers of this world of darkness, and with the evil spirits under the heavens.

13 Wherefore put you on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to meet the evil one, and being prepared you shall prevail.