Eph 6:5-8, Col 3:22-25, Tit 2:9, 1Pe 2:17-20 | ESV | STEP | Bondservants , obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling , with a sincere heart , as you would Christ ,

k[See ver. 20 above]

m ver. 17

n[Philem. 16]

o[Eph. 6:8]

qSee 1 Pet. 2:18

uSee Heb. 13:1

w Eph. 6:5; Col. 3:22; 1 Tim. 6:1; Titus 2:9

x ch. 3:14, 17; [ch. 4:16]

y ch. 3:17, 18; 4:13, 16

Ephesians 6:5-8

Bondservants and Masters

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, 8 ^gknowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, ^hwhether he is a bondservant ^{▼▼Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)} or is free.

Colossians 3:22-25

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

Titus 2:9

9 ^qBondservants ^{▼▼Or Slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)} are to be submissive to their own masters ^sin everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,

1 Peter 2:17-20

17 ^tHonor everyone. ^uLove the brotherhood. ^vFear God. Honor the emperor.

18 ^wServants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust. 19 For this is a gracious thing, when, ^xmindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. 20 For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But ^yif when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.