Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands love your wives and do not be harsh with them. Children obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

What is the third petition? “Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.” What do we pray for in the third petition? That men on earth may serve God as the angels do in heaven.