Ephesians 6:1-13

1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, because this is right.

2Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise,

3so that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life in the land.

4Fathers, don’t stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

5Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as you would Christ.

6Don’t work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing God’s will from your heart.

7Serve with a good attitude, as to the Lord and not to people,

8knowing that whatever good each one does, slave or free, he will receive this back from the Lord.

9And masters, treat your slaves the same way, without threatening them, because you know that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.

10Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and by his vast strength.

11Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand against the schemes of the devil.

12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this darkness, against evil, spiritual forces in the heavens.

13For this reason take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having prepared everything, to take your stand.