Ephesians 6:5

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Summary

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;

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Philemon 1:16

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General references

Genesis 24:33

Genesis 30:29

Genesis 31:6

Bible References

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Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, “You must go back to your mistress and submit to her mistreatment.”

Like a servant’s eyes on his master’s hand,
like a servant girl’s eyes on her mistress’s hand,
so our eyes are on the Lord our God
until He shows us favor.

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me? says Yahweh of Hosts to you priests, who despise My name.”

Yet you ask: “How have we despised Your name?”

“No one can be a slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and of money.

For I too am a man under authority, having soldiers under my command. I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”

When the angel who spoke to him had gone, he called two of his household slaves and a devout soldier, who was one of those who attended him.

Slaves, obey your human masters in everything. Don’t work only while being watched, in order to please men, but work wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.

All who are under the yoke as slaves must regard their own masters to be worthy of all respect, so that God’s name and His teaching will not be blasphemed.

Slaves are to be submissive to their masters in everything, and to be well-pleasing, not talking back

Household slaves, submit with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel.

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no longer as a slave, but more than a slave—as a dearly loved brother. He is especially so to me, but even more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

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I came to you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.

And his affection toward you is even greater as he remembers the obedience of all of you, and how you received him with fear and trembling.

So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

when they observe your pure, reverent lives.

General references

A meal was set before him, but he said, “I will not eat until I have said what I have to say.”

So Laban said, “Please speak.”

So Jacob said to him, “You know what I have done for you and your herds.

You know that I’ve worked hard for your father