Thematic Bible
Ephesians 6:1 (show verse)
Children, obey your parents, for this is right.
Ephesians 6:2 (show verse)
"You must honor your father and mother" -- this is the first commandment, with a promise to make it good
Ephesians 6:3 (show verse)
"so that you may prosper and live a long life on earth."
Ephesians 6:4 (show verse)
You parents, too, must stop exasperating your children, but continue to bring them up with the sort of education and counsel the Lord approves.
Ephesians 6:5 (show verse)
You slaves must practice obedience to your earthly masters, with reverence and awe, with sincerity of heart, as you would obey Christ,
Ephesians 6:6 (show verse)
not serving them as though they were watching you, but as true slaves of Christ, trying to carry out the will of God.
Ephesians 6:7 (show verse)
Heartily and cheerfully keep on working as slaves, as though it were for the Lord and not for men,
Ephesians 6:8 (show verse)
for you know that everyone, slave or free, will get his reward from the Lord for anything good he has done.
Ephesians 6:9 (show verse)
You slave-owners, too, must maintain the same attitude toward your slaves, and stop threatening them, for you know that their real Lord and yours is in heaven, and that He never shows partiality.
Ephesians 6:10 (show verse)
From now on you must grow stronger through union with the Lord and through His mighty power.
Ephesians 6:11 (show verse)
You must put on God's full armor, so as to be able to stand up against the devil's stratagems.
Ephesians 6:12 (show verse)
For our contest is not with human foes alone, but with the rulers, authorities, and cosmic powers of this dark world; that is, with the spirit-forces of evil challenging us in the heavenly contest.
Ephesians 6:13 (show verse)
So you must take on God's full armor, so as to be able to take a stand in the day when evil attacks you, and, after having completely finished the contest, to hold your own.
Ephesians 6:14 (show verse)
Hold your position, then, with your waist encircled with the belt of truth, put on right-doing as a coat of mail,
Ephesians 6:15 (show verse)
and put on your feet the preparation the good news of peace supplies.
Ephesians 6:16 (show verse)
Besides all these, take on the shield which faith provides, for with it you will be able to put out all the fire-tipped arrows shot by the evil one,
Ephesians 6:17 (show verse)
take the helmet salvation provides, and take the sword the Spirit wields, which is the word of God.
Ephesians 6:18 (show verse)
Keep on praying in the Spirit, with every kind of prayer and entreaty, at every opportunity, be ever on the alert with perfect devotion and entreaty for all God's people,
Ephesians 6:19 (show verse)
and for me that a message may be given me when I open my lips, so that I may boldly make known the open secret of the good news,
Ephesians 6:20 (show verse)
for the sake of which I am an envoy in prison: so that, when I tell it, I may speak as courageously as I ought.
Ephesians 6:21 (show verse)
That you may also know how I am, Tychicus, our dearly loved brother and a faithful minister in the Lord's service, will give you all the information;
Ephesians 6:22 (show verse)
that is the very reason I am sending him, to let you know how I am and to cheer your hearts.
Ephesians 6:23 (show verse)
Peace to the brothers and love with faith, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 6:24 (show verse)
Spiritual blessing be with all who have an undying love for our Lord Jesus Christ.