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[1]Chyldren, obey your fathers and mothers in the Lorde: for this is ryght
[2]Honour thy father and mother (whiche is the first commaundement in promise
[3]That thou mayest prosper, and lyue long on earth
[4]Fathers prouoke not your children to wrath: but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lorde
[5]Seruauntes obey them that are your bodyly maisters, with feare and tremblyng, in singlenesse of your heart, as vnto Christe
[6]Not with seruice vnto the eye, as men pleasers: but as the seruautes of Christ
[7]Doyng the wyll of God fro the heart, with good wyll seruyng the Lorde, and not men
[8]Knowyng, that whatsoeuer good thyng any man doeth, that shall he receaue agayne of the Lorde, whether [he be] bonde or free
[9]And ye maisters do the same thynges vnto them, puttyng away threatnyng: knowyng that your maister also is in heauen, neither is respecte of person with hym
[10]Finally my brethren, be strong in the Lorde, & in the power of his might
[11]Put on all the armour of God, that ye may stande agaynst the assaultes of the deuyll
[12]For we wrastle not agaynst blood & flesshe: but agaynst rule, agaynst power, agaynst worldly gouernours of the darknesse of this worlde, agaynst spirituall craftynesse in heauenly [places.
[13]Wherfore take vnto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the euyll day, and hauing finished all thynges, to stande fast
[14]Stande therfore, hauyng loynes girt about with the trueth, and puttyng on the brest plate of righteousnesse
[15]And hauyng your feete shodde, in the preparation of the Gospell of peace
[16]Aboue all, takyng the shielde of fayth, wherwith ye may quenche all the fierie dartes of the wicked
[17]And take the helmet of saluation, and the sworde of the spirite, whiche is the worde of God
[18]Praying alwayes in all prayer and supplication in the spirite, and watche thervnto with all instaunce and supplication, for all saintes
[19]And for me, that vtteraunce may be geue vnto me, yt I may open my mouth freely, to vtter ye secretes of the Gospell
[20]Whereof I am messenger in bondes, that therein I may speake freely, as I ought to speake
[21]But yt ye may also knowe my affaires, and what I do, Tichicus a deare brother and faythfull minister in the Lord, shall shewe you all thynges
[22]Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose, that ye myght knowe of our affaires, and that he myght comfort your heartes
[23]Peace [be] vnto the brethren, and loue, with fayth, from God the father, and from the Lorde Iesus Christe
[24]Grace be with all them whiche loue our Lorde Iesus Christe in sinceritie. Amen
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