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Children and Parents

1 Children, aobey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.  
2 a“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise:  
3 “that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”
4 And ayou, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bbring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.  

Bondservants and Masters

5 aBondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, bwith fear and trembling, cin sincerity of heart, as to Christ;  
6 anot with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,  
7 with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men,
8 aknowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.  
9 And you, masters, do the same things to them, giving up threatening, knowing that1 your own aMaster also is in heaven, and bthere is no partiality with Him.  

The Whole Armor of God

10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
11 aPut on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the1 wiles of the devil.  
Verse Comparison: Ephesians 6:1

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American Standard Version
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Amplified® Bible
CHILDREN, OBEY your parents in the Lord [as His representatives], for this is just and right.

Contemporary English Version
Children, you belong to the Lord, and you do the right thing when you obey your parents. The first commandment with a promise says,

Darby English Version
Children, obey your parents in [the] Lord, for this is just.

Good News Bible
Children, it is your Christian duty to obey your parents, for this is the right thing to do.

International Standard Version
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is the right thing to do.

King James Version
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

New American Standard Bible
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

New International Version
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

New King James Version
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this demonstrates right behavior.

Young's Literal Translation
The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;


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