Ephesians 6(ESV) Children and Parents Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.2"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,but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Bondservants...

Ephesians 5(ESV) Walk in Love Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.2Andwalk in love,as Christ loved us andgave himself up for us, afragrantoffering and sacrifice to God. 3Butsexual immorality and all impurity or covetousnessmust not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.4Let there beno filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking,which are out...

Ephesians 4(ESV) Unity in the Body of Christ I therefore,a prisoner for the Lord, urge you towalk in a manner worthy ofthe calling to which you have been called,2with allhumility andgentleness, withpatience,bearing with one another in love,3eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit inthe bond of peace.4There isone body andone Spiritjust as you were called to the onehope ...

Ephesians 3(ESV) The Mystery of the Gospel Revealed 3For this reason I, Paul,a prisoner of Christ Jesuson behalf of you Gentiles2assuming that you have heard ofthe stewardship ofGod's grace that was given to me for you,3how the mystery was made known to meby revelation,as I have written briefly.4When you read this, you can perceive my insight intothe mystery of Chris...

Ephesians 2(ESV) By Grace Through Faith 2And you weredead in the trespasses and sins2in which you once walked, following the course of this world, followingthe prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work inthe sons of disobedience3among whom we all once lived inthe passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body[a]and the mind, andwere ...

Ephesians 1(ESV) Greeting 1Paul,an apostle of Christ Jesusby the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, andare faithful[a]in Christ Jesus: 2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Spiritual Blessings in Christ 3Blessed bethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessingin ...

Galatians 6(ESV) Bear One Another's Burdens Brothers,[a]if anyone is caught in any transgression,you who are spiritual should restore him ina spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.2Bear one another's burdens, andso fulfillthe law of Christ.3Forif anyone thinks he is something,when he is nothing, he deceives himself.4But let each onetes...

Galatians 5(ESV) Christ Has Set Us Free Forfreedom Christ hasset us free;stand firm therefore, and do not submit again toa yoke ofslavery. 2Look: I, Paul, say to you thatif you accept circumcision,Christ will be of no advantage to you.3I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision thathe is obligated to keep the whole law.4You aresevered from Christ,you who wo...

Galatians 4(ESV) Sons and Heirs I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave,[a]though he is the owner of everything,2but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father.3In the same way we also, when we were children,were enslaved to the elementary principles[b]of the world.4Butwhen the fullness of time had come, G...

Galatians 3(ESV) By Faith, or by Works of the Law? 3O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you?It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publiclyportrayed as crucified.2Let me ask you only this:Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or byhearing with faith?3Are you so foolish?Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by[a]the flesh?4Did you su...