¹Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for that is right. ²Honour your father and your mother, which is the first commandment with a promise, ³so that it may be well with you and so that you may live long on the earth. ⁴And fathers, do not provoke your children, but bring them up in the education and admonition of the Lord. ⁵Servants, obey your masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling in your single-mindedness, as to Christ, ⁶not in the manner of eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, ⁷serving with goodwill, as to the Lord and not to men, ⁸knowing that whatever good each one does, he will receive it from the Lord, whether he is a slave or a free man. ⁹And masters, act in the same way to them, forbearing threatening, knowing that your own master for his part is in the heavens, and there is no partiality with him. ¹⁰Finally, my brothers, be empowered in the Lord and in the might of his strength. ¹¹Put on the full armour of God so as to be able to stand against the crafty ways of the devil, ¹²for we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against realms, against authorities, against the world-rulers of this dark age, against spiritual forces of wickedness in the upper-heavenly places. ¹³On account of this, take up the full armour of God in order that you may be able to withstand on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand. ¹⁴Stand, therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵and with your feet shod with readiness of the gospel of peace, ¹⁶above all having taken up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the wicked one, ¹⁷and to take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the spirit, the spirit being the word of God, ¹⁸with all prayer and supplication, praying on every occasion in spirit, and being watchful to this very end in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints, ¹⁹and for me, that speech be given to me when I open my mouth, to make known frankly the mystery of the gospel, ²⁰for which I am an ambassador in a chain, that I may speak of it frankly as I ought to speak, ²¹but in order that you too may know my affairs – what I am doing – Tychichus the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord will make all known to you, ²²whom I have sent to you for this very thing, that you may know our circumstances, and so that he may encourage your hearts. ²³Peace be to the brothers and love with faith from God the father and Lord, Jesus Christ. ²⁴Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in integrity. Amen.

Reference(s) in Chapter 6: v.2 ↔ Exodus 20:12, Deuteronomy 5:16 ● v.3 ↔ Exodus 20:12, Deuteronomy 5:16 ● v.17 ↔ Isaiah 59:17.