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# Ephesians 6

Ephesians 6 is chapter 6 of 6 in the Letter to the Ephesians. Here are all 24 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Duties of children and servants. The Christian's armour.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Ephesians 6 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is just.
2. Honor your father and your mother. This is the first commandment with a promise:
3. so that it may be well with you, and so that you may have a long life upon the earth.
4. And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but educate them with the discipline and correction of the Lord.
5. Servants, be obedient to your lords according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to Christ.
6. Do not serve only when seen, as if to please men, but act as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.
7. Serve with good will, as to the Lord, and not to men.
8. For you know that whatever good each one will do, the same will he receive from the Lord, whether he is servant or free.
9. And you, lords, act similarly toward them, setting aside threats, knowing that the Lord of both you and them is in heaven. For with him there is no favoritism toward anyone.
10. Concerning the rest, brothers, be strengthened in the Lord, by the power of his virtue.
11. Be clothed in the armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the treachery of the devil.
12. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against the directors of this world of darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in high places.
13. Because of this, take up the armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand the evil day and remain perfect in all things.
14. Therefore, stand firm, having been girded about your waist with truth, and having been clothed with the breastplate of justice,
15. and having feet which have been shod by the preparation of the Gospel of peace.
16. In all things, take up the shield of faith, with which you may be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the most wicked one.
17. And take up the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit (which is the Word of God).
18. Through every kind of prayer and supplication, pray at all times in spirit, and so be vigilant with every kind of earnest supplication, for all the saints,
19. and also for me, so that words may be given to me, as I open my mouth with faith to make known the mystery of the Gospel,
20. in such a manner that I may dare to speak exactly as I ought to speak. For I act as an ambassador in chains for the Gospel.
21. Now, so that you also may know the things that concern me and what I am doing, Tychicus, a most beloved brother and a faithful minister in the Lord, will make known everything to you.
22. I have sent him to you for this very reason, so that you may know the things that concern us, and so that he may console your hearts.
23. Peace to the brothers, and charity with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
24. May grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ, unto incorruption. Amen.

## Ephesians 6 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Filii, obedite parentibus vestris in Domino: hoc enim justum est.
2. Honora patrem tuum, et matrem tuam, quod est mandatum primum in promissione:
3. ut bene sit tibi, et sis longævus super terram.
4. Et vos patres, nolite ad iracundiam provocare filios vestros: sed educate illos in disciplina et correptione Domini.
5. Servi, obedite dominis carnalibus cum timore et tremore, in simplicitate cordis vestri, sicut Christo:
6. non ad oculum servientes, quasi hominibus placentes, sed ut servi Christi, facientes voluntatem Dei ex animo,
7. cum bona voluntate servientes, sicut Domino, et non hominibus:
8. scientes quoniam unusquisque quodcumque fecerit bonum, hoc recipiet a Domino, sive servus, sive liber.
9. Et vos domini, eadem facite illis, remittentes minas: scientes quia et illorum et vester Dominus est in cælis: et personarum acceptio non est apud eum.
10. De cetero, fratres, confortamini in Domino, et in potentia virtutis ejus.
11. Induite vos armaturam Dei, ut possitis stare adversus insidias diaboli:
12. quoniam non est nobis colluctatio adversus carnem et sanguinem, sed adversus principes, et potestates, adversus mundi rectores tenebrarum harum, contra spiritualia nequitiæ, in cælestibus.
13. Propterea accipite armaturam Dei, ut possitis resistere in die malo, et in omnibus perfecti stare.
14. State ergo succincti lumbos vestros in veritate, et induti loricam justitiæ,
15. et calceati pedes in præparatione Evangelii pacis,
16. in omnibus sumentes scutum fidei, in quo possitis omnia tela nequissimi ignea extinguere:
17. et galeam salutis assumite, et gladium spiritus (quod est verbum Dei),
18. per omnem orationem et obsecrationem orantes omni tempore in spiritu: et in ipso vigilantes in omni instantia et obsecratione pro omnibus sanctis:
19. et pro me, ut detur mihi sermo in apertione oris mei cum fiducia, notum facere mysterium Evangelii:
20. pro quo legatione fungor in catena, ita ut in ipso audeam, prout oportet me loqui.
21. Ut autem et vos sciatis quæ circa me sunt, quid agam, omnia vobis nota faciet Tychicus, carissimus frater, et fidelis minister in Domino:
22. quem misi ad vos in hoc ipsum, ut cognoscatis quæ circa nos sunt, et consoletur corda vestra.
23. Pax fratribus, et caritas cum fide a Deo Patre et Domino Jesu Christo.
24. Gratia cum omnibus qui diligunt Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum in incorruptione. Amen.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 1296: The Signs and the Rite of Confirmation ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2217: The Duties of Family Members ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2223: The Duties of Family Members ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2286: Respect for the Dignity of Persons ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 257: The Father ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1073: The Celebration of the Christian Mystery ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1174: When is the Liturgy Celebrated? ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2742: Perservering in Love ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2636: Prayer of Intercession ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## The saints

- “Do not try to gain the hearts of the young with punishments, but with love.” — St. John Bosco, Letter to the Salesians from Rome, 1884 (On this theme: verse 4)
- “The love of money is the beginning of all troubles. Knowing therefore that we brought nothing into the world and can carry nothing out, let us arm ourselves with the armor of righteousness.” — St. Polycarp, Letter to the Philippians, 4, c. 110 (On this theme: verse 14)
- “Arm yourself with prayer rather than a sword; wear humility rather than fine clothes.” — St. Dominic, Words recorded by early Dominicans, c. 1220 (On this theme: verse 17)

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 12: or heavenly places. That is to say, in the air, the lowest of the celestial regions; in which God permits these wicked spirits or fallen angels to wander.
- Verse 24: That is, with a pure and perfect love.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Thu, Oct 29, 2026: Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time — First Reading, Ephesians 6:10-20

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option).

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).