Children and Parents

1 ^sChildren, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

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

Bondservants and Masters

5 ^vBondservants,¹ obey your earthly masters² with fear and trembling, ^wwith a sincere heart, ^xas you would Christ,

9 Masters, do the same to them, ^band stop your threatening, knowing that ^che who is both their Master¹ and yours is in heaven, and that ^dthere is no partiality with him.