Ephesians 6

==Household Rules (6:1–9)==
Commencing from 5:21, this part is built on "the tabulated framework of the rules for good household management rules", as the health and stability of the society depend on the "basic relationships within the household: "husband and wife", "father and children", "master and slaves".{{sfn|Dunn|2007|pp=1175–1176}} The first pairing, husband and wife, is discussed in [[Ephesians 5|previous chapter]], so in this chapter, the second ("children and parents"; verses 1–4) and the third pairing ("slaves and masters"; verses 5–9) are in focus.{{sfn|Dunn|2007|p=1177}}

===Verse 2===
: ''"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with promise:''<ref>{{bibleref2|Ephesians|6:2|NKJV}} [[New King James Version|NKJV]]</ref>
Citation from the [[Ten Commandments]], in particular {{bibleref2|Exodus|20:12|NKJV}} or {{bibleref2|Deuteronomy|5:16|NKJV}}

===Verse 3===
: ''"that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth."''<ref>{{bibleref2|Ephesians|6:3|NKJV}} NKJV</ref>
Citation from: {{bibleref2|Deuteronomy|5:16|NKJV}}

===Verse 4===
: ''"And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord."''<ref>{{bibleref2|Ephesians|6:4|NKJV}} NKJV</ref>

===Verse 5===
: ''"Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ;"''<ref>{{bibleref2|Ephesians|6:5|NKJV}} NKJV</ref>

Note that the original Greek text uses the term "δοῦλοι" (translated in the NKJV as "Bondservants"), which is generally translated as "slave",<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2328156&redirect=true Definition] from [[A Greek–English Lexicon|LSJ]].</ref> and which, in the context of first-century Greece under Roman rule, referred to chattels.<ref>[http://www.moyak.com/papers/roman-slavery-war.html Roman Slavery: The Social, Cultural, Political, and Demographic Consequences] by Moya K. Mason</ref>

===Verse 6===
: ''"not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,"''<ref>{{bibleref2|Ephesians|6:6|NKJV}} NKJV</ref>

===Verse 7===
: ''"with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men,"''<ref>{{bibleref2|Ephesians|6:7|NKJV}} NKJV</ref>

===Verse 8===
: ''"knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free."''<ref>{{bibleref2|Ephesians|6:8|NKJV}} NKJV</ref>

===Verse 9===
:''"And you, masters, do the same things to them, giving up threatening, knowing that your own Master also is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him."''<ref>{{bibleref2|Ephesians|6:9|NKJV}} NKJV</ref>
*"Your own Master": the [[Novum Testamentum Graece|NU]] renders it "He who is both their Master and yours is".<ref>Note on Ephesians 6:9 in NKJV</ref>