New American Standard Bible 1995

Ephesians 6:5-9

5 1Slaves, be obedient to those who are your 2masters according to the flesh, with 3fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, 4as to Christ; 6 5not 6by way of eyeservice, as 7men-pleasers, but as 8slaves of Christ, 9doing the will of God from the 10heart. 7With good will 11render service, 12as to the Lord, and not to men, 8 13knowing that 14whatever good thing each one does, this he will receive back from the Lord, 15whether slave or free.

9And masters, do the same things to them, and 16give up threatening, knowing that 17both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is 18no partiality with Him.

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Notes

1. Ephesians 6:5 Col 3:22; 1 Tim 6:1; Titus 2:9 ↩
2. Ephesians 6:5 I.e. earthly masters, with fear ↩
3. Ephesians 6:5 1 Cor 2:3 ↩
4. Ephesians 6:5 Eph 5:22 ↩
5. Ephesians 6:6 Col 3:22 ↩
6. Ephesians 6:6 Lit according to ↩
7. Ephesians 6:6 Gal 1:10 ↩
8. Ephesians 6:6 1 Cor 7:22 ↩
9. Ephesians 6:6 Mark 3:35 ↩
10. Ephesians 6:6 Lit soul ↩
11. Ephesians 6:7 Lit rendering ↩
12. Ephesians 6:7 Col 3:23 ↩
13. Ephesians 6:8 Col 3:24 ↩
14. Ephesians 6:8 Matt 16:27; 2 Cor 5:10; Col 3:24f ↩
15. Ephesians 6:8 1 Cor 12:13; Col 3:11 ↩
16. Ephesians 6:9 Lev 25:43 ↩
17. Ephesians 6:9 Job 31:13ff; John 13:13; Col 4:1 ↩
18. Ephesians 6:9 Deut 10:17; Acts 10:34; Col 3:25 ↩

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