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And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;

not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of soul,

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Fathers,[a] do not exasperate your children;(A) instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.(B)

Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect(C) and fear, and with sincerity of heart,(D) just as you would obey Christ.(E) Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ,(F) doing the will of God from your heart.

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  1. Ephesians 6:4 Or Parents