Ephesians 6:1-9
English Standard Version
Children and Parents
6 (A)Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 (B)“Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, (C)but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Bondservants and Masters
5 (D)Bondservants,[a] obey your earthly masters[b] with fear and trembling, (E)with a sincere heart, (F)as you would Christ, 6 not by the way of eye-service, as (G)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 (H)knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, (I)whether he is a bondservant or is free. 9 Masters, do the same to them, (J)and stop your threatening, knowing that (K)he who is both their Master[c] and yours is in heaven, and that (L)there is no partiality with him.
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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
- Ephesians 6:9 Greek Lord
ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ 6:1-9
SBL Greek New Testament
6 Τὰ τέκνα, ὑπακούετε τοῖς γονεῦσιν ὑμῶν ἐν κυρίῳ, τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν δίκαιον· 2 τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα, ἥτις ἐστὶν ἐντολὴ πρώτη ἐν ἐπαγγελίᾳ, 3 ἵνα εὖ σοι γένηται καὶ ἔσῃ μακροχρόνιος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
4 Καὶ οἱ πατέρες, μὴ παροργίζετε τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν, ἀλλὰ ἐκτρέφετε αὐτὰ ἐν παιδείᾳ καὶ νουθεσίᾳ κυρίου.
5 Οἱ δοῦλοι, ὑπακούετε τοῖς [a]κατὰ σάρκα κυρίοις μετὰ φόβου καὶ τρόμου ἐν ἁπλότητι τῆς καρδίας ὑμῶν ὡς τῷ Χριστῷ, 6 μὴ κατ’ ὀφθαλμοδουλίαν ὡς ἀνθρωπάρεσκοι ἀλλ’ ὡς [b]δοῦλοι Χριστοῦ ποιοῦντες τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ, ἐκ ψυχῆς 7 μετ’ εὐνοίας δουλεύοντες, ὡς τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ οὐκ ἀνθρώποις, 8 εἰδότες ὅτι [c]ἕκαστος, ὃ ἂν ποιήσῃ ἀγαθόν, τοῦτο [d]κομίσεται [e]παρὰ κυρίου, εἴτε δοῦλος εἴτε ἐλεύθερος.
9 Καὶ οἱ κύριοι, τὰ αὐτὰ ποιεῖτε πρὸς αὐτούς, ἀνιέντες τὴν ἀπειλήν, εἰδότες ὅτι καὶ [f]αὐτῶν καὶ ὑμῶν ὁ κύριός ἐστιν ἐν οὐρανοῖς, καὶ προσωπολημψία οὐκ ἔστιν παρ’ αὐτῷ.
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- ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ 6:5 κατὰ σάρκα κυρίοις WH Treg NIV ] κυρίοις κατὰ σάρκα RP
- ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ 6:6 δοῦλοι WH Treg NIV ] + τοῦ RP
- ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ 6:8 ἕκαστος ὃ ἂν Treg ] ἕκαστος ἐάν τι WH NIV; ὃ ἐάν τι ἕκαστος RP
- ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ 6:8 κομίσεται WH Treg NIV ] κομιεῖται RP
- ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ 6:8 παρὰ WH Treg NIV ] + τοῦ RP
- ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ 6:9 αὐτῶν καὶ ὑμῶν WH Treg NIV ] ὑμῶν αὐτῶν RP
Ephesians 6:1-9
English Standard Version
Children and Parents
6 (A)Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 (B)“Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, (C)but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Bondservants and Masters
5 (D)Bondservants,[a] obey your earthly masters[b] with fear and trembling, (E)with a sincere heart, (F)as you would Christ, 6 not by the way of eye-service, as (G)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 (H)knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, (I)whether he is a bondservant or is free. 9 Masters, do the same to them, (J)and stop your threatening, knowing that (K)he who is both their Master[c] and yours is in heaven, and that (L)there is no partiality with him.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 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
- Ephesians 6:9 Greek Lord
ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ 6:1-9
SBL Greek New Testament
6 Τὰ τέκνα, ὑπακούετε τοῖς γονεῦσιν ὑμῶν ἐν κυρίῳ, τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν δίκαιον· 2 τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα, ἥτις ἐστὶν ἐντολὴ πρώτη ἐν ἐπαγγελίᾳ, 3 ἵνα εὖ σοι γένηται καὶ ἔσῃ μακροχρόνιος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
4 Καὶ οἱ πατέρες, μὴ παροργίζετε τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν, ἀλλὰ ἐκτρέφετε αὐτὰ ἐν παιδείᾳ καὶ νουθεσίᾳ κυρίου.
5 Οἱ δοῦλοι, ὑπακούετε τοῖς [a]κατὰ σάρκα κυρίοις μετὰ φόβου καὶ τρόμου ἐν ἁπλότητι τῆς καρδίας ὑμῶν ὡς τῷ Χριστῷ, 6 μὴ κατ’ ὀφθαλμοδουλίαν ὡς ἀνθρωπάρεσκοι ἀλλ’ ὡς [b]δοῦλοι Χριστοῦ ποιοῦντες τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ, ἐκ ψυχῆς 7 μετ’ εὐνοίας δουλεύοντες, ὡς τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ οὐκ ἀνθρώποις, 8 εἰδότες ὅτι [c]ἕκαστος, ὃ ἂν ποιήσῃ ἀγαθόν, τοῦτο [d]κομίσεται [e]παρὰ κυρίου, εἴτε δοῦλος εἴτε ἐλεύθερος.
9 Καὶ οἱ κύριοι, τὰ αὐτὰ ποιεῖτε πρὸς αὐτούς, ἀνιέντες τὴν ἀπειλήν, εἰδότες ὅτι καὶ [f]αὐτῶν καὶ ὑμῶν ὁ κύριός ἐστιν ἐν οὐρανοῖς, καὶ προσωπολημψία οὐκ ἔστιν παρ’ αὐτῷ.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ 6:5 κατὰ σάρκα κυρίοις WH Treg NIV ] κυρίοις κατὰ σάρκα RP
- ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ 6:6 δοῦλοι WH Treg NIV ] + τοῦ RP
- ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ 6:8 ἕκαστος ὃ ἂν Treg ] ἕκαστος ἐάν τι WH NIV; ὃ ἐάν τι ἕκαστος RP
- ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ 6:8 κομίσεται WH Treg NIV ] κομιεῖται RP
- ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ 6:8 παρὰ WH Treg NIV ] + τοῦ RP
- ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ 6:9 αὐτῶν καὶ ὑμῶν WH Treg NIV ] ὑμῶν αὐτῶν RP
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