Discovery BoxEphesians 5:25 
Context5:25 Husbands, love your 1 wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her
Ephesians 6:1-2
Context6:1 Children, 2 obey your parents in the Lord 3 for this is right. 6:2 “Honor your father and mother,” 4 which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,
Ephesians 6:15
Context6:15 by fitting your 5 feet with the preparation that comes from the good news 6 of peace, 7
1 tn The Greek article has been translated as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).
2 tn The use of the article τά (ta) with τέκνα (tekna) functions in a generic way to distinguish this group from husbands, wives, fathers and slaves and is left, therefore, untranslated. The generic article is used with γύναῖκες (gunaikes) in 5:22, ἄνδρες (andres) in 5:25, δοῦλοι (douloi) in 6:5, and κύριοι (kurioi) in 6:9.
3 tc B D* F G as well as a few versional and patristic representatives lack “in the Lord” (ἐν κυρίῳ, en kuriw), while the phrase is well represented in Ì46 א A D1 Ivid Ψ 0278 0285 33 1739 1881 Ï sy co. Scribes may have thought that the phrase could be regarded a qualifier on the kind of parents a child should obey (viz., only Christian parents), and would thus be tempted to delete the phrase to counter such an interpretation. It is unlikely that the phrase would have been added, since the form used to express such sentiment in this Haustafel is ὡς τῷ κυρίῳ/Χριστῷ (Jw" tw kuriw/Cristw, “as to the Lord/Christ”; see 5:22; 6:5). Even though the witnesses for the omission are impressive, it is more likely that the phrase was deleted than added by scribal activity.
4 sn A quotation from Exod 20:12 and Deut 5:16.
5 tn The definite article τοῖς (tois) was taken as a possessive pronoun, i.e., “your,” since it refers to a part of the physical body.
6 tn Grk “gospel.” However, this is not a technical term here.
7 tn Grk “in preparation of the gospel of peace.” The genitive τοῦ εὐαγγελίου (tou euangeliou) was taken as a genitive of source, i.e., “that comes from….”
