Ephesians 6:9

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Ephesians 6:9

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Summary

And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

Ye

The same

Forbearing

Knowing

1 Corinthians 7:22

Your master

1 Corinthians 1:2

Philippians 2:10

Neither

Acts 10:34

Romans 2:11

Colossians 3:25

General references

Exodus 21:26

Romans 2:11

Bible References

Ye

You must not oppress your neighbor or commit robbery against him. You must not withhold the wages of the hired laborer overnight until morning.

"'If your brother becomes impoverished with regard to you so that he sells himself to you, you must not subject him to slave service.

There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open your hand to your fellow Israelites who are needy and poor in your land.

You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages.

And now, though we share the same flesh and blood as our fellow countrymen, and our children are just like their children, still we have found it necessary to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters have been subjected to slavery, while we are powerless to help, since our fields and vineyards now belong to other people."

They go about naked, without clothing, and go hungry while they carry the sheaves.

"If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me,

I was angry at my people; I defiled my special possession and handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you even placed a very heavy burden on old people.

They lament, 'Why don't you notice when we fast? Why don't you pay attention when we humble ourselves?' Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires, you oppress your workers.

Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.

"I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me," says the Lord who rules over all.

Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.

Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

The same

Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart as to Christ,

In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.

Treat others in the same way that you would want them to treat you.

But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.

Forbearing

You must not rule over him harshly, but you must fear your God.

Samuel said, "Is it not true that when you were insignificant in your own eyes, you became head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord chose you as king over Israel.

Whoever does not bow down and pay homage will immediately be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire!"

Due to the greatness that he bestowed on him, all peoples, nations, and language groups were trembling with fear before him. He killed whom he wished, he spared whom he wished, he exalted whom he wished, and he brought low whom he wished.

Knowing

I know that the Lord defends the cause of the oppressed and vindicates the poor.

If you see the extortion of the poor, or the perversion of justice and fairness in the government, do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, and there are higher ones over them!

Then he said to his slaves, 'The wedding is ready, but the ones who had been invited were not worthy.

But if that evil slave should say to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'

But if that slave should say to himself, 'My master is delayed in returning,' and he begins to beat the other slaves, both men and women, and to eat, drink, and get drunk,

You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and do so correctly, for that is what I am.

For the one who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord's freedman. In the same way, the one who was called as a free person is Christ's slave.

Your master

to the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.

so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow -- in heaven and on earth and under the earth --

Neither

Then Peter started speaking: "I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism in dealing with people,

For there is no partiality with God.

For the one who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there are no exceptions.

General references

"If a man strikes the eye of his male servant or his female servant so that he destroys it, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.

For there is no partiality with God.