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1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.Cross-references: Gen 28:7 · Gen 37:13 · Lev 19:3 · Deut 21:18 · 1Sam 17:20 · Neh 9:13 · +22 more
2“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:Cross-references: Ex 20:12 · Deut 27:16 · Prov 20:20 · Jer 35:18 · Ezek 22:7 · Mal 1:6 · +3 more
3“that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”Cross-references: Deut 4:40 · Deut 5:16 · Deut 6:3 · Deut 6:18 · Deut 12:25 · Deut 12:28 · +5 more
4You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.Cross-references: Gen 18:19 · Gen 31:14 · Ex 12:26 · Ex 13:14 · Deut 4:9 · Deut 6:7 · +24 more
5Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ,Cross-references: Gen 16:9 · Josh 24:14 · 1Chr 29:17 · Ps 86:11 · Ps 123:2 · Mal 1:6 · +20 more
6not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,Cross-references: Jer 3:10 · Jer 24:7 · Matt 7:21 · Matt 12:50 · Rom 6:17 · Gal 1:10 · +12 more
7with good will doing service as to the Lord and not to men,Cross-references: Gen 31:6 · Gen 31:38 · 2Ki 5:2 · 2Ki 5:13 · 1Cor 10:31 · Eph 6:5 · +1 more
8knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same good again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.Cross-references: Prov 11:18 · Prov 23:18 · Isa 3:11 · Matt 5:12 · Matt 6:1 · Matt 6:4 · +11 more
9You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.Cross-references: Lev 19:13 · Lev 25:39 · Deut 10:17 · Deut 15:11 · Deut 24:14 · 1Sam 15:17 · +31 more
10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.Cross-references: Deut 20:3 · Deut 31:23 · Josh 1:6 · Josh 1:9 · 1Sam 23:16 · 1Chr 28:10 · +22 more
11Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.Cross-references: Mark 13:22 · Luke 14:29 · Rom 13:12 · Rom 13:14 · 1Cor 10:13 · 2Cor 2:11 · +21 more
12For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.Cross-references: Job 2:2 · Matt 16:17 · Luke 13:24 · Luke 22:53 · John 12:31 · John 14:30 · +17 more
13Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.Cross-references: Eccl 12:1 · Amos 6:3 · Mal 3:2 · Luke 8:13 · Luke 21:36 · 2Cor 10:4 · +6 more
14Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,Cross-references: Isa 11:5 · Isa 59:17 · Luke 12:35 · 2Cor 6:7 · Eph 5:9 · 1Thess 5:8 · +3 more
15and having fitted your feet with the preparation of the Good News of peace,Cross-references: Deut 33:25 · Song 7:1 · Isa 52:7 · Hab 3:19 · Luke 15:22 · Rom 10:15 · +1 more
16above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.Cross-references: Gen 15:1 · Ps 56:3 · Ps 56:10 · Ps 120:4 · Prov 18:10 · 2Cor 1:24 · +6 more
17And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;Cross-references: 1Sam 17:5 · 1Sam 17:58 · Isa 49:2 · Isa 59:17 · Hos 6:5 · Matt 4:4 · +10 more
18with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints.Cross-references: Gen 32:24 · 1Ki 8:52 · 1Ki 8:54 · 1Ki 8:59 · 1Ki 9:3 · Esth 4:8 · +42 more
19Pray for me, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,Cross-references: Acts 2:4 · Acts 4:13 · Acts 4:29 · Acts 4:31 · Acts 9:27 · Acts 9:29 · +25 more
20for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.Cross-references: 2Sam 10:2 · Prov 13:17 · Isa 33:7 · Isa 58:1 · Jer 1:7 · Jer 1:17 · +21 more
21But that you also may know my affairs, how I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make known to you all things.Cross-references: Acts 20:4 · 1Cor 4:17 · Phil 1:12 · Col 1:7 · Col 4:7 · 1Tim 4:6 · +5 more
22I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know our state and that he may comfort your hearts.Cross-references: Phil 2:19 · Phil 2:25 · Col 2:2 · Col 4:7 · 1Thess 3:2 · 2Thess 2:17
23Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Cross-references: Gen 43:23 · 1Sam 25:6 · Ps 122:6 · John 14:27 · Rom 1:7 · 1Cor 1:3 · +11 more
24Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love. Amen.Cross-references: Matt 6:13 · Matt 22:37 · Matt 28:20 · John 21:15 · 1Cor 16:22 · 2Cor 8:8 · +7 more
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