Ephesians 6:5

Bond-servants, obey your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as serving Christ;

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

In Context

4And, ye fathers, stir not up the anger of your children, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

6not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as bond-servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

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Cross References

Psalms 86:11Teach me, O LORD! thy way, That I may walk in thy truth; Unite all my heart to fear thy name!

Malachi 1:6A son honoreth his father, And a servant his master; If I, then, be a father, where is mine honor? And if I be a master, where is my fear? Saith Jehovah of hosts to you, ye priests that despise my name. Ye say, “Wherein do we despise thy name?”

Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate one, and love the other; or else he will cleave to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Acts 2:46And attending daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread in a private house, they partook of their food with gladness and singleness 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 →

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