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1Wives, submit to your husbands, as 2is fitting in the Lord.
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Husbands, love your wives, and 3do not be harsh with them.
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Children, obey your parents 4in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
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Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.
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Slaves, obey 5in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.
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6Whatever you do, work heartily, 7as for the Lord and not for men,
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knowing that from the Lord 8you will receive the inheritance as your reward. 9You are serving the Lord Christ.
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For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.