Ephesians 6:1-13

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

2“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,

3“that it may go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth.”

4Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

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

6not like those who do their work only when someone is watching – as people-pleasers – but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.

7Obey with enthusiasm, as though serving the Lord and not people,

8because you know that each person, whether slave or free, if he does something good, this will be rewarded by the Lord.

9Masters, treat your slaves the same way, giving up the use of threats, because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.

10Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power.

11Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.

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

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