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Colossians 3:22 KJV
Colossians · chapter 3 · verse 22 · King James Version
Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:Colossians 3:22 · King James Version
Colossians 3:22 in context
20Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
21Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
22Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
23And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
24Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
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Key words (Strong's)
- menpleasersanthrōpareskosstudying to please man, courting the favour of menG441 →
- eyeserviceophthalmodouliaservice performed [only] under the master's eyes, for the master's eye usually stimulates…G3787 →
- singlenesshaplotēssingleness, simplicity, sincerity, mental honesty, the virtue of one who is free from…G572 →
- accordingkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- Servantsdoulosa slave, bondman, man of servile condition, a slave, metaph., one who gives himself up to…G1401 →
- masterskyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
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