dSee 1 Pet. 2:18
jCited from Lev. 19:18
Matthew 7:12
The Golden Rule
12“So awhatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is bthe Law and the Prophets.Luke 6:31
31And cas you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.Ephesians 6:5-7
Bondservants and Masters
5 dBondservants, ▼▼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, gwith a sincere heart, has you would Christ, 6not by the way of eye-service, as ipeople-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, James 2:8
8If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, j“You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.James 2:13
13For kjudgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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