in your hearts, to which peace indeed you were called
as belonging to His one Body; and be thankful.
003:016 Let the teaching concerning Christ remain as a rich treasure
in your hearts. In all wisdom teach and admonish one another
with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, and sing with grace
in your hearts to God.
003:017 And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name
of the Lord Jesus, and let it be through Him that you give
thanks to God the Father.
003:018 Married women, be submissive to your husbands, as is fitting
in the Lord.
003:019 Married men, be affectionate to your wives, and do not
treat them harshly.
003:020 Children be obedient to your parents in everything;
for that is right for Christians.
003:021 Fathers, do not fret and harass your children, or you may make
them sullen and morose.
003:022 Slaves, be obedient in everything to your earthly masters;
not in acts of eye service, as aiming only to please men,
but with simplicity of purpose, because you fear the Lord.
003:023 Whatever you are doing, let your hearts be in your work,
as a thing done for the Lord and not for men.
003:024 For you know that it is from the Lord you will receive
the inheritance as your reward. Christ is the Master whose
bondservants you are.
003:025 The man who perpetrates a wrong will find the wrong repaid to him;
and with God there are no merely earthly distinctions.
004:001 Masters, deal justly and equitably with your slaves,
knowing that you too have a Master in Heaven.
004:002 Be earnest and unwearied in prayer, being on the alert in it