006:005 Slaves, be obedient to your earthly masters, with respect
and eager anxiety to please and with simplicity of motive
as if you were obeying Christ.
006:006 Let it not be in acts of eye-service as if you had but to
please men, but as Christ's bondservants who are doing God's
will from the heart.
006:007 With right good will, be faithful to your duty as service rendered to the Lord and not to man.
006:008 You well know that whatever right thing any one does, he will receive a requital for it from the Lord, whether he is a slave or a free man.
006:009 And you masters, act towards your slaves on the same principles, and refrain from threats. For you know that in Heaven there is One who is your Master as well as theirs, and that merely earthly distinctions there are none with Him.
006:010 In conclusion, strengthen yourselves in the Lord and in the power
which His supreme might imparts.
006:011 Put on the complete armour of God, so as to be able to stand
firm against all the stratagems of the Devil.
006:012 For ours is not a conflict with mere flesh and blood, but with the despotisms, the empires, the forces that control and govern this dark world—the spiritual hosts of evil arrayed against us in the heavenly warfare.
006:013 Therefore put on the complete armour of God, so that you may be able to stand your ground on the day of battle, and, having fought to the end, to remain victors on the field.
006:014 Stand therefore, first fastening round you the girdle of truth
and putting on the breastplate of uprightness