1. As for children, obey your parents in the Lord, because it is right.
2. The commandment Honor your father and mother is the first one with a promise attached:
3. so that things will go well for you, and you will live for a long time in the land.
4. As for parents, don’t provoke your children to anger, but raise them with discipline and instruction about the Lord.
5. As for slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling and with sincere devotion to Christ.
6. Don’t work to make yourself look good and try to flatter people, but act like slaves of Christ carrying out God’s will from the heart.
7. Serve your owners enthusiastically, as though you were serving the Lord and not human beings.
8. You know that the Lord will reward every person who does what is right, whether that person is a slave or a free person.
9. As for masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Stop threatening them, because you know that both you and your slaves have a master in heaven. He doesn’t distinguish between people on the basis of status.
10. Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and his powerful strength.
11. Put on God’s armor so that you can make a stand against the tricks of the devil.
12. We aren’t fighting against human enemies but against rulers, authorities, forces of cosmic darkness, and spiritual powers of evil in the heavens.
13. Therefore, pick up the full armor of God so that you can stand your ground on the evil day and after you have done everything possible to still stand.
14. So stand with the belt of truth around your waist, justice as your breastplate,