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;

Be

According

Philemon 1:16

With

General references

Genesis 24:33

Genesis 30:29

Genesis 31:6

Bible References

Be

The angel of the LORD said to her, "Return to your mistress and submit to her."

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he has mercy upon us.

"A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. But you say, 'How have we despised your name?'

"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes, and to another, 'Come,' and he comes, and to my servant,'Do this,' and he does it."

When the angel who spoke to him had departed, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among those who attended him,

Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

Let all who are under a yoke as slaves regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled.

Slaves are to be submissive to their own masters in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,

Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.

According

no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother--especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

With

And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling,

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

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,

when they see your respectful and pure conduct.

General references

Then food was set before him to eat. But he said, "I will not eat until I have said what I have to say." He said, "Speak on."

Jacob said to him, "You yourself know how I have served you, and how your livestock has fared with me.

You know that I have served your father with all my strength,