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Children, obey your parents in the Master, for this is righteous.
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“Honor your father and mother”— which is the first commandment with a promise—
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“so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long upon the earth.”
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And fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them in the discipline and instruction of the Master.
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Servants, obey your masters according to flesh with fear and trembling, in sincerity of your heart, as to the Anointed,
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not with service only when watched, as people-pleasers, but as servants of the Anointed, doing the will of Elohim from the being,
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serving with goodwill as to the Master and not to Adam,
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knowing that whatever good each one does, this he shall receive back from the Master, whether servant or free.
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And masters, do the same things toward them, giving up your threatening, knowing that both their Master and yours is in the heavens, and there is no partiality with Him.
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Finally, be strengthened in the Master and in the might of his strength.
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Put on the full armor of Elohim so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the adversary.
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For our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
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Because of this, take up the full armor of Elohim, so that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having accomplished everything, to stand.
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Stand, therefore, having girded your waist with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
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and having bound your feet with readiness from the Besorah of shalom.
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In all things, take up the shield of trust, with which you shall be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
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And receive the helmet of deliverance, and the sword of Ruach, which is the Word of Elohim,
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through every prayer and petition, praying at every appointed time in Ruach, and toward this remaining watchful with all perseverance and petition for all the set-apart ones,
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and also for me, so that a word may be given to me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the Besorah,
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for which I am an emissary in chains, so that in it I may speak boldly as I ought to speak.
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But so that you also may know the things concerning me and what I am doing, Tychikos, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Master, shall make everything known to you.
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I sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may know the things concerning us and that he may comfort your hearts.
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Shalom to the brothers, and love with trust, from Elohim the Father and the Master Yahushua the Anointed.
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Grace be with all who love our Master Yahushua the Anointed with incorruptible love.