Ephesians 6:4-9

English Standard Version

⁴ Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, ^(A)but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Bondservants and Masters

^5 (B)Bondservants,^[a] obey your earthly masters^[b] with fear and trembling, ^(C)with a sincere heart, ^(D)as you would Christ, ⁶ not by the way of eye-service, as ^(E)people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, ⁷ rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, ^8 (F)knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, ^(G)whether he is a bondservant or is free. ⁹ Masters, do the same to them, ^(H)and stop your threatening, knowing that ^(I)he who is both their Master^[c] and yours is in heaven, and that ^(J)there is no partiality with him.