Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
Menpleasers
In singleness
Fearing
Bible References
Menpleasers
Galatians 1:10
Is this, I ask, trying to conciliate men, or God? Am I seeking to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I should not be a servant of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:4
But, having been found worthy by God to be entrusted with the Good News, therefore we tell it; with a view to please, not men, but God who proves our hearts.
In singleness
Matthew 6:22
The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is unclouded, your whole body will be lit up;
Acts 2:46
Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the Temple Courts, and to the Breaking of Bread at their homes, while they partook of their food in simple-hearted gladness, praising God, and winning the good-will of all the people.
Ephesians 6:5
Slaves, obey your earthly masters, with anxious care, giving them ungrudging service, as if obeying the Christ;
Fearing
2 Corinthians 7:1
With these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that pollutes either body or spirit, and, in deepest reverence for God, aim at perfect holiness.