Ephesians 6:5

Servants, be obedient to your masters after the flesh, with fear, and with trepidation, and with simplicity of heart, as unto the Messiah.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 parents, anger not your children; but train them up in the discipline and doctrine of our Lord.

6Not in the sight of the eye, as if ye were pleasing men; but as the servants of the Messiah, who are doing the will of God.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will honor the one and neglect the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Acts 2:46And they continued daily in the temple, with one soul: and at home, they broke bread and took food rejoicing, and in the simplicity of their heart.

1 Corinthians 2:3And in much fear and much trembling, was I with you.

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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