Thematic Bible: Fulfilling domestic duties
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Christian conduct » Fulfilling domestic duties
CHILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. "Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with a promise;) that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest be long-lived upon earth." read more.
And, ye fathers, exasperate not your children: but educate them in the discipline and admonition of the Lord. Servants, be obedient to your masters after the flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as unto Christ; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul; with good will doing service as to the Lord, and not unto men: knowing that whatsoever good a man doeth, the same shall he receive from the Lord, whether he be a bondman, or whether he be free.
And, ye fathers, exasperate not your children: but educate them in the discipline and admonition of the Lord. Servants, be obedient to your masters after the flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as unto Christ; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul; with good will doing service as to the Lord, and not unto men: knowing that whatsoever good a man doeth, the same shall he receive from the Lord, whether he be a bondman, or whether he be free.
LIKEWISE, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, even if some obey not the word, by their wives' conduct without the word, they may be won over; being eye-witnesses of your chaste behaviour with timidity. Whose adorning let it not be that exterior one of braided locks, and golden trimmings, and dresses put on with nicety; read more.
but let it be the hidden man of the heart, with that incorruptible ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God highly valuable. For so in times of old the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands; as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye are, if ye do well, and are not affrighted with any terror. Ye husbands, in like manner dwell with them discreetly, putting respect on the dear woman as being the weaker vessel, and as co-heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers may meet no interruption.
but let it be the hidden man of the heart, with that incorruptible ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God highly valuable. For so in times of old the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands; as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye are, if ye do well, and are not affrighted with any terror. Ye husbands, in like manner dwell with them discreetly, putting respect on the dear woman as being the weaker vessel, and as co-heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers may meet no interruption.