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Ephesians 6:4-8
English Standard Version
Ephesians 6:4-8
English Standard Version
4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, (A)but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Bondservants and Masters
5 (B)Bondservants,[a] obey your earthly masters[b] with fear and trembling, (C)with a sincere heart, (D)as you would Christ, 6 not by the way of eye-service, as (E)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, 8 (F)knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, (G)whether he is a bondservant or is free.
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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
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