Ephesians 6:7

Doing your work readily, as to the Lord, and not to men:

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In The King James Version

With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:

In Context

6Not only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart;

8In the knowledge that for every good thing anyone does, he will have his reward from the Lord, If he is a servant or if he is free.

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Cross References

Genesis 31:38These twenty years I have been with you; your sheep and your goats have had young without loss, not one of your he-goats have I taken for food.

2 Kings 5:13Then his servants came to him and said, If the prophet had given you orders to do some great thing, would you not have done it? how much more then, when he says to you, Be washed and become clean?

Ephesians 6:5Servants, do what is ordered by those who are your natural masters, having respect and fear for them, with all your heart, as to Christ;

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 →

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