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Ephesians 6:5-6 KJV
Ephesians · chapter 6 · verses 5–6
5Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; 6Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;Ephesians 6:5-6 · King James Version
Ephesians 6:5-6 in context
3That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
5Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
6Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
7With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:
8Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
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Key words (Strong's)
- menpleasersanthrōpareskosstudying to please man, courting the favour of menG441 →
- singlenesshaplotēssingleness, simplicity, sincerity, mental honesty, the virtue of one who is free from…G572 →
- eyeserviceophthalmodouliaservice performed [only] under the master's eyes, for the master's eye usually stimulates…G3787 →
- tremblingtromosa trembling or quaking with fear, with fear and trembling, used to describe the anxiety…G5156 →
- Servantsdoulosa slave, bondman, man of servile condition, a slave, metaph., one who gives himself up to…G1401 →
- obedienthypakouōto listen, to harken, of one who on the knock at the door comes to listen who it is, , to…G5219 →
- masterskyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
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Here we have further directions concerning relative duties, in which the apostle is very particular. I. The duty of children to their parents. Come, you children, hearken to me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9