Colossians 3:22
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22 Bondservants, obey (A)in everything those who are your earthly masters,[a] not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.
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- Colossians 3:22 Or your masters according to the flesh
Galatians 1:10
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10 For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying (A)to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a (B)servant[a] of Christ.
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- Galatians 1:10 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
Ephesians 6:5-7
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Bondservants and Masters
5 (A)Bondservants,[a] obey your earthly masters[b] with fear and trembling, (B)with a sincere heart, (C)as you would Christ, 6 not by the way of eye-service, as (D)people-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,
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- Ephesians 6:5 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; also verse 6; likewise for bondservant in verse 8
- Ephesians 6:5 Or your masters according to the flesh
1 Peter 2:18-19
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18 (A)Servants, 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, (B)mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.
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1 Timothy 6:1-2
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6 (A)Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants[a] regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, (B)so 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 (C)brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved.
False Teachers and True Contentment
(D)Teach and urge these things.
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- 1 Timothy 6:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
Titus 2:9-10
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9 (A)Bondservants[a] are to be submissive to their own masters (B)in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, 10 not pilfering, (C)but showing all good faith, (D)so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.
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- Titus 2:9 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
1 Thessalonians 2:4
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4 but just as we have been approved by God (A)to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not (B)to please man, but to please God (C)who tests our hearts.
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Colossians 3:20
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20 Children, obey your parents (A)in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
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Luke 6:46
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Build Your House on the Rock
46 (A)“Why (B)do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?
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Ecclesiastes 5:7
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7 For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity;[a] but[b] (A)God is the one you must fear.
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- Ecclesiastes 5:7 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verse 10 (see note on 1:2)
- Ecclesiastes 5:7 Or For when dreams and vanities increase, words also grow many; but
Philemon 16
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16 (A)no longer as a bondservant[a] but more than a bondservant, as (B)a beloved brother—especially to me, but how much more to you, (C)both in the flesh and in the Lord.
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- Philemon 1:16 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; twice in this verse
2 Corinthians 7:1
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7 Since we have these promises, beloved, (A)let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body[a] and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
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- 2 Corinthians 7:1 Greek flesh
Acts 2:46
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46 And day by day, (A)attending the temple (B)together and (C)breaking bread in their homes, they received their food (D)with glad and generous hearts,
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