Children and Parents^(A)

6 Children, ^(B)obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

^20 (A)Children, obey your parents ^(B)in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.

^21 (C)Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.

^22 (D)Bondservants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God. ^23 (E)And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, ^24 (F)knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; ^(G)for^[a] you serve the Lord Christ. ²⁵ But he who does wrong will be repaid for what he has done, and ^(H)there is no partiality.

Beware of Adultery

Shun Evil Counsel

¹⁶ Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another ^(A)in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. ¹⁷ And ^(B)whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

The Rebellious Son

¹⁸ “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not heed them,

^3 (A)‘Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and ^(B)keep My Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

Bondservants and Masters

^5 (A)Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, ^(B)with fear and trembling, ^(C)in sincerity of heart, as to Christ; ^6 (D)not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,