Ephesians 6:7

Serve with good will, 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

6Do not serve only when seen, as if to please men, but act as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.

8For you know that whatever good each one will do, the same will he receive from the Lord, whether he is servant or free.

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Cross References

Genesis 31:38For what reason have I been with you for twenty years? Your ewes and she-goats were not barren; the rams of your flocks I did not consume.

2 Kings 5:13his servants approached him, and they said to him: “If the prophet had told you, father, to do something great, certainly you ought to have done it. How much more so, now that he has said to you: ‘Wash, and you will be clean?’”

Ephesians 6:5Servants, be obedient to your lords according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of 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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