Children, obey your parents in [the] Lord; for this is just.
Honour thy father and thy mother, which is a commandment first in promise,
that it may be well for thee, and thou shalt be long-lived on the earth.
And, fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, but bring them up in [the] Lord’s discipline and admonition.
Bondmen, obey your masters according to flesh with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to the Christ;
not with eye-service as men-pleasers but as bondmen of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul,
with good-will doing service as to the Lord and not to men;
knowing that whatever good each shall do, this he shall receive of [the] Lord, whether bond or free.
And, masters, do the same things toward them, giving up threatening, knowing that the master both of them and of you is in [the] heavens; and there is no respect of persons with him.
For the rest, my brethren, be strengthened in [the] Lord and in the strength of his might.
Put on the panoply of God, that ye may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil;
for our wrestling is not against blood and flesh, but against the principalities, against the authorities, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual [hosts] of wickedness in the heavenly [places].
On this account take up the panoply of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having fully done all, to stand.
Stand therefore, having girt about your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
and having shod your feet with [the] preparation of the gospel of peace;
besides all, having taken up the shield of faith with which ye will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one;
and receive the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is God’s word;
with all prayer and supplication praying in every season in [the] Spirit, and thereunto watching with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,
and for me that utterance may be given me in [the] opening of my mouth with boldness to make known the mystery of the gospel,
for which I am an ambassador in chain[s], that in it I may be bold as I ought to speak.
But that ye also may know my affairs, what I do, Tychicus shall make known all to you, the beloved brother and faithful servant in [the] Lord,
whom I sent to you for this very thing, that ye may know our matters, and [that] he may comfort your hearts.
Peace to the brethren and love with faith from God [the] Father and [the] Lord Jesus Christ;
grace with all that love our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruption.