cherishes the Church;
005:030 because we are, as it were, parts of His Body.
005:031 "For this reason a man is to leave his father and his mother
and be united to his wife, and the two shall be as one."
005:032 That is a great truth hitherto kept secret: I mean the truth
concerning Christ and the Church.
005:033 Yet I insist that among you also, each man is to love his own
wife as much as he loves himself, and let a married woman
see to it that she treats her husband with respect.
006:001 Children, be obedient to your parents as a Christian duty,
for it is a duty.
006:002 "Honour your father and your mother"--this is the first
Commandment which has a promise added to it--
006:003 "so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long
on the earth."
006:004 And you, fathers, do not irritate your children, but bring
them up tenderly with true Christian training and advice.
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