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Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
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"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with promise:
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"that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth."
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And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.
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Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ;
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not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,
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with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men,
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knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.
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And you, masters, do the same things to them, giving up threatening, knowing that your own Master also is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him.
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Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
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Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.