Ephesians 6 (New American Standard)

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1 ¹Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 ²HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER (which is the first commandment with a promise ), 3 SO THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH YOU, AND THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH. 4 ³Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but ⁴bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. 5 ⁵Slaves, be obedient to those who are your ^amasters according to the flesh, with ⁶fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, ⁷as to Christ ; 6 ⁸not ^bby way of eyeservice, as ⁹men-pleasers, but as ¹⁰slaves of Christ, ¹¹doing the will of God from the ^cheart. 7 With good will ^drender service, ¹²as to the Lord, and not to men, 8 ¹³knowing that ¹⁴whatever good thing each one does, this he will receive back from the Lord, ¹⁵whether slave or free. 9 And masters, do the same things to them, and ¹⁶give up threatening, knowing that ¹⁷both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is ¹⁸no partiality with Him.

The Armor of God

10 Finally, ¹⁹be strong in the Lord and in ²⁰the strength of His might. 11 ²¹Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the ²²schemes of the devil. 12 For our ²³struggle is not against ^e²⁴flesh and blood, but ²⁵against the rulers, against the powers, against the ²⁶world forces of this ²⁷darkness, against the ²⁸spiritual forces of wickedness in ²⁹the heavenly places. 13 Therefore , take up ³⁰the full armor of God, so that you will be able to ³¹resist in ³²the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. 14 Stand firm therefore, ³³HAVING GIRDED YOUR LOINS WITH TRUTH, and HAVING ³⁴PUT ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, 15 and having ³⁵shod YOUR FEET WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE ; 16 ^fin addition to all, taking up the ³⁶shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the ³⁷flaming arrows of ³⁸the evil one. 17 And take ³⁹THE HELMET OF SALVATION, and the ⁴⁰sword of the Spirit, which is ⁴¹the word of God. 18 ^gWith all ⁴²prayer and petition ^h⁴³pray at all times ⁴⁴in the Spirit, and with this in view, ⁱ⁴⁵be on the alert with all ⁴⁶perseverance and ⁴⁷petition for all the saints, 19 and ⁴⁸pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me ⁴⁹in the opening of my mouth, to make known with ⁵⁰boldness ⁵¹the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ⁵²ambassador ⁵³in ^jchains ; that ^kin proclaiming it I may speak ⁵⁴boldly, ⁵⁵as I ought to speak. 21 ⁵⁶But that you also may know about my circumstances , ^lhow I am doing, ⁵⁷Tychicus, ⁵⁸the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make everything known to you. 22 ^m⁵⁹I have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may know ⁿabout us, and that he may ⁶⁰comfort your hearts. 23 ⁶¹Peace be to the brethren, and ⁶²love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ ^owith incorruptible love.

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a. Ephesians 6:5 - I.e. earthly masters, with fear

b. Ephesians 6:6 - Lit "according to"

c. Ephesians 6:6 - Lit "soul"

d. Ephesians 6:7 - Lit "rendering"

e. Ephesians 6:12 - Lit "blood and flesh"

f. Ephesians 6:16 - Lit "in all"

g. Ephesians 6:18 - Lit "Through"

h. Ephesians 6:18 - Lit "praying"

i. Ephesians 6:18 - Lit "being"

j. Ephesians 6:20 - Lit "a chain"

k. Ephesians 6:20 - Two early mss read "I may speak it boldly"

l. Ephesians 6:21 - Lit "what"

m. Ephesians 6:22 - Lit "Whom I have sent to you"

n. Ephesians 6:22 - Lit "the things about us"

o. Ephesians 6:24 - Lit "in incorruption"

1. Ephesians 6:1 - Prov 6:20; 23:22; Col 3:20

2. Ephesians 6:2 - Ex 20:12; Deut 5:16

3. Ephesians 6:4 - Col 3:21

4. Ephesians 6:4 - Gen 18:19; Deut 6:7; 11:19; Ps 78:4; Prov 22:6; 2 Tim 3:15

5. Ephesians 6:5 - Col 3:22; 1 Tim 6:1; Titus 2:9

6. Ephesians 6:5 - 1 Cor 2:3

7. Ephesians 6:5 - Eph 5:22

8. Ephesians 6:6 - Col 3:22

9. Ephesians 6:6 - Gal 1:10

10. Ephesians 6:6 - 1 Cor 7:22

11. Ephesians 6:6 - Mark 3:35

12. Ephesians 6:7 - Col 3:23

13. Ephesians 6:8 - Col 3:24

14. Ephesians 6:8 - Matt 16:27; 2 Cor 5:10; Col 3:24f

15. Ephesians 6:8 - 1 Cor 12:13; Col 3:11

16. Ephesians 6:9 - Lev 25:43

17. Ephesians 6:9 - Job 31:13ff; John 13:13; Col 4:1

18. Ephesians 6:9 - Deut 10:17; Acts 10:34; Col 3:25

19. Ephesians 6:10 - 1 Cor 16:13; 2 Tim 2:1

20. Ephesians 6:10 - Eph 1:19

21. Ephesians 6:11 - Rom 13:12; Eph 6:13

22. Ephesians 6:11 - Eph 4:14

23. Ephesians 6:12 - 1 Cor 9:25

24. Ephesians 6:12 - Matt 16:17

25. Ephesians 6:12 - Eph 1:21; 2:2; 3:10

26. Ephesians 6:12 - John 12:31

27. Ephesians 6:12 - Acts 26:18; Col 1:13

28. Ephesians 6:12 - Eph 3:10

29. Ephesians 6:12 - Eph 1:3

30. Ephesians 6:13 - Eph 6:11

31. Ephesians 6:13 - James 4:7

32. Ephesians 6:13 - Eph 5:16

33. Ephesians 6:14 - Is 11:5; Luke 12:35; 1 Pet 1:13

34. Ephesians 6:14 - Is 59:17; Rom 13:12; Eph 6:13; 1 Thess 5:8

35. Ephesians 6:15 - Is 52:7; Rom 10:15

36. Ephesians 6:16 - 1 Thess 5:8

37. Ephesians 6:16 - Ps 7:13; 120:4

38. Ephesians 6:16 - Matt 5:37

39. Ephesians 6:17 - Is 59:17

40. Ephesians 6:17 - Is 49:2; Hos 6:5; Heb 4:12

41. Ephesians 6:17 - Eph 5:26; Heb 6:5

42. Ephesians 6:18 - Phil 4:6

43. Ephesians 6:18 - Luke 18:1; Col 1:3; 4:2; 1 Thess 5:17

44. Ephesians 6:18 - Rom 8:26f

45. Ephesians 6:18 - Mark 13:33

46. Ephesians 6:18 - Acts 1:14

47. Ephesians 6:18 - 1 Tim 2:1

48. Ephesians 6:19 - Col 4:3; 1 Thess 5:25

49. Ephesians 6:19 - 2 Cor 6:11

50. Ephesians 6:19 - 2 Cor 3:12

51. Ephesians 6:19 - Eph 3:3

52. Ephesians 6:20 - 2 Cor 5:20; Philem 9 mg

53. Ephesians 6:20 - Acts 21:33; 28:20; Eph 3:1; Phil 1:7; Col 4:3

54. Ephesians 6:20 - 2 Cor 3:12

55. Ephesians 6:20 - Col 4:4

56. Ephesians 6:21 - Eph 6:21, 22: {Col 4:7-9}

57. Ephesians 6:21 - Acts 20:4; 2 Tim 4:12

58. Ephesians 6:21 - Col 4:7

59. Ephesians 6:22 - Col 4:8

60. Ephesians 6:22 - Col 2:2; 4:8

61. Ephesians 6:23 - Rom 15:33; Gal 6:16; 2 Thess 3:16; 1 Pet 5:14

62. Ephesians 6:23 - Gal 5:6; 1 Thess 5:8

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