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Ephesians 6:5 (Listen)

Bondservants and Masters

vBondservants,1 obey your earthly masters2 with fear and trembling, wwith a sincere heart, xas you would Christ,

Footnotes

[1] 6:5 Or slaves; also verse 6 (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
[2] 6:5 Or your masters according to the flesh

Colossians 3:22 (Listen)

22 Bondservants,1 obey xin everything those who are your earthly masters,2 not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

Footnotes

[1] 3:22 Or Slaves; also 4:1 (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
[2] 3:22 Or your masters according to the flesh

1 Timothy 6:1 (Listen)

oLet all who are under a yoke as bondservants1 regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, pso that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled.

Footnotes

[1] 6:1 Or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)

Titus 2:9 (Listen)

dBondservants1 are to be submissive to their own masters ein everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,

Footnotes

[1] 2:9 Or Slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)