bSee 1 Pet. 2:18
nSee Deut. 10:17
Ephesians 6:4-9
4Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, abut bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.Bondservants and Masters
5 bBondservants, ▼▼Or slaves; also verse 6 (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
obey your earthly masters ▼▼Or your masters according to the flesh
with fear and trembling, ewith a sincere heart, fas you would Christ, 6not by the way of eye-service, as gpeople-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, 8 hknowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, iwhether he is a bondservant ▼▼Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
or is free. 9Masters, do the same to them, kand stop your threatening, knowing that lhe who is both their Master ▼▼Greek Lord
and yours is in heaven, and that nthere is no partiality with him.
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