Ephesians 6:8
Knowing that whatever good thing each may do, he will receive this from the Lord, whether bondman or freeman.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
7bond-serving with goodwill, as to the Lord and not to men.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:18A wicked man earns deceitful wages, but he who sows righteousness [has] a sure reward.
Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked! [It is] ill [with him], for what his hands have done shall be done to him.
Matthew 6:1Be careful not to do your charity before men in order to be seen by them, otherwise ye have no reward from your Father in the heavens.
Matthew 10:41He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.
Matthew 20:7They say to him, Because no man has hired us. He says to them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatever would be right ye will receive.
Luke 14:14and thou will be blessed, because they do not have to recompense thee, for it will be recompensed to thee at the resurrection of the righteous.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 6:2-10
Duties of Children to Parents; Duties of Servants to Masters. ( a. d. 61.) 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) 3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in… Read the whole commentary →