Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Colossians 3:18-22

Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged. Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord.

Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord 
Ephesians 5:22  Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.

Husbands love your wives and do not be harsh with them 
Ephesians 5:25  Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her ...
Ephesians 5:28  In this way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord 
Ephesians 6:1  Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right.
Exodus 20:12  "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you."

Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged 
Ephesians 6:4  Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything 
Ephesians 6:5  Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.

and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. 
Ephesians 6:6-8  Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people, because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.

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