1 Children, Col. 3:20obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Ex. 20:12Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
4 And, Col. 3:21ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but Gen. 18:19bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
5 1 Tim. 6:1Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, 2 Cor. 7:15;Phil. 2:12with fear and trembling, 1 Chr. 29:17;Col. 3:22in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
6 Col. 3:22Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:
8 Rom. 2:6;Col. 3:24Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, Gal. 3:28whether he be bond or free.
9 And, ye Col. 4:1masters, do the same things unto them, [a]forbearing threatening: knowing that [b]your Master also is in heaven; Rom. 2:11neither is there respect of persons with him.
10 The whole armour of God
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 2 Cor. 6:7Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against [c]flesh and blood, but against Rom. 8:38principalities, against powers, against Luke 22:53the rulers of the darkness of this world, against [d]spiritual wickedness in [e]high places.
13 2 Cor. 10:4Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand ch. 5:16in the evil day, and [f]having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, Is. 11:5;1 Pet. 1:13having your loins girt about with truth, and Is. 59:17having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 Is. 52:7And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking 1 John 5:4the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And 1 Thes. 5:8take the helmet of salvation, and Heb. 4:12the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Luke 18:1Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and Mat. 26:41watching thereunto with all perseverance and Phil. 1:4supplication for all saints;
19 Acts 4:29And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth 2 Cor. 3:12boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
20 For which 2 Cor. 5:20I am an ambassador [g]in bonds: that [h]therein Phil. 1:20I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
21 Concluding benediction
21 But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Acts 20:4Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:
22 Col. 4:8Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.
23 1 Pet. 5:14Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ [i]in sincerity. Amen.
24 Written from Rome unto the Ephesians by Tychicus.
