1 Children, obey your parents [in the Lord], for this is right.
2 “Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise,
3 “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on earth.”
4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up with the training and instruction of the Lord.
5 Slaves, be obedient to your human masters with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ,
6 not only when being watched, as currying favor, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,