New American Standard Bible 2020
Ephesians 6:5-7
51SlavesG1401, be obedientG5219 to thoseG3588 who are your 2mastersG2962 accordingG2596 to the fleshG4561, with 3fearG5401 and tremblingG5156, in the sincerityG572 of your heartG2588, 4as to ChristG5547;
65not 6by wayG2596 of 7eye-serviceG3787, as 8people-pleasersG441, but as 9slavesG1401 of ChristG5547, 10doingG4160 the willG2307 of GodG2316 from the 11heartG5590.
7With goodwillG2133 12renderG1398 serviceG1398, 13as to the LordG2962, and not to peopleG444,
Notes
- 1. Ephesians 6:5 Col 3:22; 1 Tim 6:1; Titus 2:9 ↩
- 2. Ephesians 6:5 I.e., earthly masters, as in first-century Roman culture ↩
- 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 I.e., only when the master is watching ↩
- 8. Ephesians 6:6 Gal 1:10 ↩
- 9. Ephesians 6:6 1 Cor 7:22 ↩
- 10. Ephesians 6:6 Mark 3:35 ↩
- 11. Ephesians 6:6 Lit soul ↩
- 12. Ephesians 6:7 Lit rendering ↩
- 13. Ephesians 6:7 Col 3:23 ↩
Commentaries on Ephesians 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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