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 bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
6 Not 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 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power 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 we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you 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 your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
21 But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:
22 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might 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 sincerity. Amen.
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