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May 16, 2005
All Christians are in a spiritual war, and the battlefields are not in distant lands; they are in our own homes and workplaces. How do we emerge victorious? As Derek Prime explains, we must rely on the strength that comes through union with Christ, and also upon the armor and weapons God provides for us. Our enemy, the devil, is cunning. Only through God’s grace and our daily action and diligence can we stand against his schemes.
1sChildren, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2t“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 live long in the land.” 4Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, ubut bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
5vBondservants,1 obey your earthly masters2 with fear and trembling, wwith a sincere heart, xas you would Christ, 6not by the way of eye-service, as ypeople-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, 8zknowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, awhether he is a bondservant or is free. 9Masters, do the same to them, band stop your threatening, knowing that che who is both their Master3 and yours is in heaven, and that dthere is no partiality with him.
10Finally, ebe strong in the Lord and in fthe strength of his might. 11gPut on hthe whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against ithe schemes of the devil. 12For jwe do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against kthe rulers, against the authorities, against lthe cosmic powers over mthis present darkness, against nthe spiritual forces of evil oin the heavenly places. 13Therefore ptake up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in qthe evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. 14Stand therefore, rhaving fastened on the belt of truth, and shaving put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15and, tas shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. 16In all circumstances take up uthe shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all vthe flaming darts of wthe evil one; 17and take sthe helmet of salvation, and xthe sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, 18praying yat all times zin the Spirit, awith all prayer and supplication. To that end, bkeep alert with all perseverance, making csupplication for all the saints, 19and dalso for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth eboldly to proclaim fthe mystery of the gospel, 20for which I gam an ambassador hin chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.
21iSo that you also may know how I am and what I am doing, jTychicus the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord will tell you everything. 22I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may kencourage your hearts.
23lPeace be to the brothers,4 and mlove with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.
