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[1]Children,obey your parents in our Lord, for this is right;
[2]Andthis is the first commandment which promiseth. Honour thy father and thy mother,
[3]Thatit may be well with thee, and thy life be prolonged upon the earth.
[4]Parents,make not your children angry, but make them to grow in the discipline and in the doctrine of our Lord.
[5]Servants,be subject to your masters who are according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, and with simplicity of heart, as unto the Meshiha:
[6]Notin the sight of the eyes, as if you were pleasing men [only], but as the servants of Meshiha who do the will of Aloha.
[7]Andserve them from all your soul, in love, as unto our Lord, and not as unto men;
[8]Knowingthat whatever good a man doeth he is rewarded by our Lord, whether he be a servant or a son of freedom.
[9]Soyou, masters,ⓘ do likewise to your servants; forgiving them a fault;ⓘ or you know also that your Master is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.
[10]HENCEFORTH,my brethren, be strong in our Lord, and in the power of his strength.
[11]Andclothe you in all the armour of Aloha, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the accuser.
[12]Foryour wrestling is not with flesh and blood [only], but with princes, and with powers, and with the possessors of this dark world, and with the evil spirits who are under heaven.
[13]Whereforeclothe you with all the armour of Aloha, that you may be able to meet the evil one, and being prepared in every thing you may stand.
[14]Stand,therefore, with your loins strengthened with the truth, and wear the breastplate of righteousness,
[15]Andlet your feet be shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
[16]Andwith these take to you the shield of faith, that therewith you may be empowered with strength to extinguish all the burning shafts of that evil one;
[17]Andput on the helmet of salvation, and take the sword of the Spirit which is the word of Aloha.
[18]Andwith all prayers, and with all supplications, pray at all times in the Spirit, and in that prayer be watchful in all seasons, praying constantly and invoking on behalf of all the saints;
[19]Andfor me also, that the word may be given me with openness of my mouth, that I may boldly proclaim the mystery of the gospel,
[20]Forwhich I am an ambassador in chains, that I may speak with freedom, as it behoveth me to speak it.
[21]Butthat you may know also what relateth to me, and what I am doing, behold, Tykikos, a brother beloved, and a faithful minister of our Lord, will make known to you;
[22]WhomI have sent to you on account of this, that he may make you acquainted with what relateth to me, and may comfort your hearts.
[23]Peacebe with the brethren, and love with faith from Aloha our Father, and from our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.
[24]Gracebe with all them who love our Lord Jeshu Meshiha incorruptibly. Amen. Finished is the Epistle to the Ephesoyee, which was written from Ruma, and sent by the hand of Tykikos
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