Ephesians 6:5
Bondmen, obey masters according to flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as to the Christ;
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Joshua 24:14And now fear Jehovah and serve him in perfectness and in truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the river, and in Egypt; and serve Jehovah.
Psalms 86:11Teach me thy way, Jehovah; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
Malachi 1:6A son honoureth [his] father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, priests, that despise my name. But ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Acts 2:46And every day, being constantly in the temple with one accord, and breaking bread in [the] house, they received their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,
1 Corinthians 2:3And *I* was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling;
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 →