^{17 Ref} and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, `do' all things in the name of the Lord Jesus -- giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.

^{18 Ref} The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;

^{19 Ref} the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

^{20 Ref} the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

^{21 Ref} the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

^{22 Ref} The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God;

^{23 Ref} and all, whatever ye may do -- out of soul work -- as to the Lord, and not to men,

^{24 Ref} having known that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance -- for the Lord Christ ye serve;