EPHESIANS 6
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Honour 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, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.
5 Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
6 not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
7 with good will doing service, as unto the Lord, and not unto men:
8 knowing that whatsoever good thing each one doeth, the same shall he receive again from the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, and forbear threatening: knowing that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
13 Wherefore take up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,
19 And on my behalf, that utterance may be given unto me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,
20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
21 But that ye also may know my affairs, how I do, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:
22 whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, that ye may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts.
23 Peace 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 in uncorruptness.
Cross-references
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- 1Col 3:20–25, Pro 23:22, Pro 6:20, Col 3:16–17, Pro 1:8, Deu 21:18, Rom 12:2, Lev 19:3
- 2Exo 20:12, Deu 27:16, Mat 15:4–6, Pro 20:20, Mal 1:6, Ezk 22:7, Mrk 7:9–13, Jer 35:18
- 3Deu 5:16, Deu 4:40, Deu 12:28, Deu 12:25, Psa 128:1–2, Jer 42:6, Rut 3:1, Isa 3:10
- 4Col 3:21, Pro 22:6, Pro 29:15, Pro 19:18, Deu 6:7, 2Ti 3:15, Pro 29:17, Pro 23:13–14
- 51Pe 2:18–21, Tit 2:9–10, Col 3:17–24, Psa 86:11, Mal 1:6, Eph 5:22, Php 2:12, 1Ti 6:1–3
- 6Col 3:22–23, 1Th 2:4, Gal 1:10, Eph 5:17, Php 2:12, 1Pe 4:2, Mat 12:50, Mat 7:21
- 7Col 3:23, 1Co 10:31, Eph 6:5–6, 2Ki 5:13, Gen 31:38–40, 2Ki 5:2–3, Gen 31:6
- 8Col 3:24, Luk 14:14, Mat 16:27, 2Co 5:10, Mat 6:4, Pro 11:18, Mat 10:41–42, Luk 6:35
- 9Col 3:25–4:1, Act 10:34, Rom 2:11, Job 31:13–15, Luk 6:31, Deu 10:17, Mat 7:12, Deu 24:14–15
- 10Php 4:13, Isa 40:31, Jos 1:9, 1Co 16:13, 1Pe 5:10, Col 1:11, 2Co 12:9–10, Deu 20:3–4
- 112Co 10:4, Rom 13:12, Eph 6:13, 1Th 5:8, 1Pe 5:8, 2Co 2:11, Eph 4:14, Rom 13:14
- 12Col 1:13, 2Co 4:4, Eph 2:2, Col 2:15, Act 26:18, Eph 1:21, Rom 8:38, 1Co 9:25–27
- 132Co 10:4, Luk 21:36, Eph 6:11–17, Eph 5:16, Rev 3:10, Luk 8:13, Mal 3:2, Col 4:12
- 14Isa 59:17, 1Th 5:8, Isa 11:5, Luk 12:35, 2Co 6:7, 1Pe 1:13, Eph 5:9, Rev 9:17
- 15Isa 52:7, Rom 10:15, 2Co 5:18–21, Hab 3:19, Luk 15:22, Sng 7:1
- 161Pe 5:8–9, 1Jn 5:4–5, Pro 18:10, Psa 56:3–4, Gen 15:1, Psa 56:10–11, 2Co 4:16–18, Heb 11:24–34
- 17Heb 4:12, Isa 59:17, Rev 19:15, 1Th 5:8, Isa 49:2, Rev 2:16, Mat 4:10–11, Hos 6:5
- 181Th 5:17, Col 4:2, Php 4:6, 1Ti 2:1, Jud 1:20, Rom 8:26–27, Mrk 14:38, Luk 21:36
- 19Col 4:3, Act 4:29, 2Th 3:1, 1Th 5:25, Heb 13:18, Act 4:31, 1Th 2:2, Act 13:46
- 202Co 5:20, Col 4:4, 2Ti 2:9, 1Th 2:2, Act 26:29, Php 1:20, 1Jn 3:16, Php 1:7
- 21Act 20:4, 2Ti 4:12, Tit 3:12, Col 4:7–9, 1Ti 4:6, Phm 1:16, 1Pe 5:12, Col 1:7
- 22Col 4:7–8, Php 2:25, 1Th 3:2, 2Th 2:17, Php 2:19, Col 2:2
- 23Gal 6:16, Gal 5:6, 1Pe 5:14, 2Th 3:16, Psa 122:6–9, 1Ti 1:14, 1Co 1:3, Jhn 14:27
- 24Mat 22:37, 1Co 16:22–23, Mat 6:13, 2Co 13:14, 2Co 8:12, Tit 3:15, 2Ti 4:22, Tit 2:7
Topics in this chapter
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Ambassadors, Armor, Benedictions, Breastplate, Children, Commandments, Constancy, Darkness, Dart, Decision, Employer, Example, Faith, Fear, Girdle, God, Gospel, Grace of God, Heart, Helmet, Holy Spirit, Hope, Instruction, Integrity, Intercession, Jesus, the Christ, Judgment, Justification, Liberty, Love, Master, Minister, Christian, Mother, Mysteries, Obedience, Parents, Perseverance, Power, Prayer, Quotations and Allusions, Respect of Persons, Reward, Righteous, Salvation, Satan, Servant, Sincerity, Soldiers, Temptation, Truth, Tychicus, War, Watchfulness, Wisdom, Word of God, Wrestling, Zeal, Religious