hSee 1 Cor. 7:22
lSee James 1:25
Colossians 3:22-24
22Bondservants, ▼▼Or Slaves; also 4:1 (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
obey bin everything those who are your earthly masters, ▼▼Or your masters according to the flesh
not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 23 dWhatever you do, work heartily, eas for the Lord and not for men, 24knowing that from the Lord fyou will receive the inheritance as your reward. gYou are serving the Lord Christ. Philemon 16
16 hno longer as a bondservant ▼▼Or slave; twice in this verse (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
but more than a bondservant, as ja beloved brother—especially to me, but how much more to you, kboth in the flesh and in the Lord. 1 Peter 2:16
16 lLive as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but mliving as servants ▼▼Greek bondservants
of God.
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