Eph 6:5-7, Col 3:22-25, 1Ti 6:1-3, Tit 2:9-10 | ESV | STEP | Bondservants , obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling , with a sincere heart , as you would Christ ,

5 ^aBondservants, ^{▼▼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, ^dwith a sincere heart, ^eas you would Christ, 6 not by the way of eye-service, as ^fpeople-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7 rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man,

Colossians 3:22-25

22 Bondservants, ^{▼▼Or Slaves; also 4:1 (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)} obey ^hin 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 ^jWhatever you do, work heartily, ^kas for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord ^lyou will receive the inheritance as your reward. ^mYou are serving the Lord Christ. 25 For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.

1 Timothy 6:1-3

1 ⁿLet all who are under a yoke as bondservants ^{▼▼Or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)} regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, ^pso that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled. 2 Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are ^qbrothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved.

False Teachers and True Contentment

^rTeach and urge these things. 3 If anyone ^steaches a different doctrine and does not agree with ^tthe sound ^{▼▼Or healthy} words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching ^vthat accords with godliness,

Titus 2:9-10

9 ^wBondservants ^{▼▼Or Slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)} are to be submissive to their own masters ^yin everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, 10 not pilfering, ^zbut showing all good faith, ^aaso that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.