Bondservants and Masters

(A)Bondservants,[a] obey your earthly masters[b] with fear and trembling, (B)with a sincere heart, (C)as you would Christ,

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 6:5 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; also verse 6; likewise for bondservant in verse 8
  2. Ephesians 6:5 Or your masters according to the flesh

Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect(A) and fear, and with sincerity of heart,(B) just as you would obey Christ.(C)

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22 Bondservants, obey (A)in everything those who are your earthly masters,[a] not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 3:22 Or your masters according to the flesh

22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord.

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(A)Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants[a] regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, (B)so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled.

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  1. 1 Timothy 6:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

All who are under the yoke of slavery should consider their masters worthy of full respect,(A) so that God’s name and our teaching may not be slandered.(B)

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(A)Bondservants[a] are to be submissive to their own masters (B)in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,

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Footnotes

  1. Titus 2:9 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything,(A) to try to please them, not to talk back to them,

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