²¹ submitting to one another in reverence of the Messiah,

²² wives to their own husbands

as to the Lord

²³ because the husband is the head of the wife

as the Messiah is head of the church,

the the deliverer of the body.

²⁴ But as the church submits to the Messiah,

so also wives [submit] to their husbands in every way.

²⁵ Husbands, be loving your wives,

as the Messiah loves the church

and gave himself on her behalf,

²⁶ so that he could set her apart

having purified

by washing of water

with a word,

²⁷ so he could present the church to himself

glorious,

having no stain

or wrinkle

or any such thing

but that she would be set apart

and blameless.

²⁸ In this way, the husbands are obligated to love their own wives

as their own bodies;

the one who loves his own wife,

loves himself.

²⁹ For no one ever hated his own flesh, but he raises and nurses it,

just as Messiah does for the church,

³⁰ because we are members of his body.

³¹ ”For this reason, a man will leave the father and mother

and he will be joined to his wife,

and the two will become one flesh.

³² This open-secret is great,

but I am speaking about the Messiah and the church.

³³ Nevertheless, each one of y’all should love his own wife in this way,

and the wife should revere her husband.

^6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord,

for this is right.

“Honor your father and mother,”

which is the the first commandment with a promise,

³ “so that it may go well for you and you will be in the land a long time.”

⁴ And fathers, do not provoke your children,

but raise them in the training and instruction of the Lord.

⁵ Slaves, obey your masters according to the flesh,

with serious reverence,

in sincerity of your heart,

as to the Messiah,

⁶ not as a human-pleaser doing “eye-service”

but as slaves of the Messiah,

doing the will of God from your very being,

⁷ with goodwill, serving as to the Lord not humans,

⁸ knowing that each person,

whatever good he might do,

that one will receive from the Lord,

whether a slave

or a freeman.

⁹ And masters, do the same things to them,

giving up threats,

knowing that their Lord and your own

is in the heavenlies,

and there is no favoritism with him.