Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart as to Christ,

and submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

in whom we have boldness and confident access to God because of Christ’s faithfulness.

For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may be able to speak boldly as I ought to speak.

Pray for me also, that I may be given the message when I begin to speak – that I may confidently make known the mystery of the gospel,