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Ephesians 6:4-6
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4 Fathers,[a] do not exasperate your children;(A) instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.(B)

5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect(C) and fear, and with sincerity of heart,(D) just as you would obey Christ.(E) 6 Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ,(F) doing the will of God from your heart.

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  1. Ephesians 6:4 Or Parents
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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,

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  1. Ephesians 6:5 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; also verse 6; likewise for bondservant in verse 8
  2. Ephesians 6:5 Or your masters according to the flesh
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4 (A)Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but (B)bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Slaves and Masters

5 (C)Slaves, be obedient to those who are your [a]masters according to the flesh, with (D)fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, (E)as to Christ; 6 (F)not [b]by way of [c]eye-service, as (G)people-pleasers, but as (H)slaves of Christ, (I)doing the will of God from the [d]heart.

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  1. Ephesians 6:5 I.e., earthly masters, as in first-century Roman culture
  2. Ephesians 6:6 Lit according to
  3. Ephesians 6:6 I.e., only when the master is watching
  4. Ephesians 6:6 Lit soul
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4 And (A)you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but (B)bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

Bondservants and Masters

5 (C)Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, (D)with fear and trembling, (E)in sincerity of heart, as to Christ; 6 (F)not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

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