Ephesians 6:1-9
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s Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
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t "Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise),
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"that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land."
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Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, u but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
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v Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, w with a sincere heart, x as you would Christ,
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not by the way of eye-service, as y people-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,
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rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man,
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z knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, a whether he is a slave or free.
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Masters, do the same to them, b and stop your threatening, knowing that c he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that d there is no partiality with him.
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Cross References
Proverbs 1:8
Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching.
Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.
Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
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Cross References
Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
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Cross References
Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
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Cross References
Genesis 18:19
For I have chosen him, that he may command his ...
Deuteronomy 4:9
Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, ...
Deuteronomy 6:7
You shall teach them diligently to your childre...
Deuteronomy 11:19
You shall teach them to your children, talking ...
Psalms 78:4
We will not hide them from their children, but ...
Proverbs 19:18
Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not ...
Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go; even ...
Proverbs 29:17
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest;...
2 Timothy 3:15
And how from childhood you have been acquainted...
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Cross References
1 Peter 2:18
Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.
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2 Corinthians 11:3
But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
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Ephesians 5:22
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
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Galatians 1:10
For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.
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Psalms 62:12
And that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For you will render to a man according to his work.
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Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:11
Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.
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Leviticus 25:43
You shall not rule over him ruthlessly but shall fear your God.
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Cross References
John 13:13
You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am.
Job 31:13 - 15
If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:17
For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe.
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