Obey ¹  with enthusiasm, as though serving the Lord ²  and not people,

to equip ¹  the saints for the work of ministry, that is, ²  to build up the body of Christ,

¹ Wives, submit ²  to your husbands as to the Lord,

not like those who do their work only when someone is watching ¹  – as people-pleasers – but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart. ² 

Slaves, ¹  obey your human masters ²  with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart as to Christ,

I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, ¹  urge you to live ²  worthily of the calling with which you have been called, ³ 

Tychicus, my ¹  dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make everything known to you, so that you too may know about my circumstances, ²  how I am doing.