Jubilee2000 - Ephesians - 6

6:1  Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

6:2  Honour thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise),

6:3  that it may be well with thee, and thou may live long on the earth.

6:4  And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, but bring them up in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.

6:5  Servants, be obedient to those that are [your] masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as unto the Christ,

6:6  not to be seen as [only] pleasing men, but as the servants of the Christ, doing the will of God from within,

6:7  with good will doing service as to the Lord and not to men,

6:8  knowing that whatever good thing anyone does, the same shall they receive of the Lord, whether [they are] bond or free.

6:9  And, ye masters, do the same unto them, forbearing threats, knowing that their Master and yours is also in heaven and that he is no respecter of persons.

6:10  Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might.

6:11  Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand [firm] against the wiles of the devil.

6:12  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the lords of this age, rulers of this darkness, against spiritual wickedness in the heavens.

6:13  Therefore, take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day and stand [fast], all [the work having] been finished.

6:14  Stand [firm], therefore, having your loins girt about with truth and having on the breastplate, of righteousness,

6:15  and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace,

6:16  above all, taking the shield of faith, with which ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

6:17  And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

6:18  praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit and watching in this with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints

6:19  and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth with confidence, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

6:20  for which I am an ambassador in chains, that in this I may speak boldly as I ought to speak.

6:21  But that ye also may know my affairs [and] how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, shall make known to you all things,

6:22  whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs and [that] he might comfort your hearts.

6:23  Peace [be] to the brethren and charity with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

6:24  Grace [be] with all those that love our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruption. Amen.: