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Ephesians 6

Eph. 6:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Servants
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
doulos (Greek #1401)
a slave (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary; frequently, therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency)
KJV usage: bond(-man), servant.
Pronounce: doo'-los
Origin: from 1210
y, be obedient to
hupakouo (Greek #5219)
to hear under (as a subordinate), i.e. to listen attentively; by implication, to heed or conform to a command or authority
KJV usage: hearken, be obedient to, obey.
Pronounce: hoop-ak-oo'-o
Origin: from 5259 and 191
them that are
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
your masters
kurios (Greek #2962)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
KJV usage: God, Lord, master, Sir.
Pronounce: koo'-ree-os
Origin: from κῦρος (supremacy)
according to
kata (Greek #2596)
(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
KJV usage: about, according as (to), after, against, (when they were) X alone, among, and, X apart, (even, like) as (concerning, pertaining to touching), X aside, at, before, beyond, by, to the charge of, (charita-)bly, concerning, + covered, (dai-)ly, down, every, (+ far more) exceeding, X more excellent, for, from ... to, godly, in(-asmuch, divers, every, -to, respect of), ... by, after the manner of, + by any means, beyond (out of) measure, X mightily, more, X natural, of (up-)on (X part), out (of every), over against, (+ your) X own, + particularly, so, through(-oughout, -oughout every), thus, (un-)to(-gether, -ward), X uttermost, where(-by), with. In composition it retains many of these applications, and frequently denotes opposition, distribution, or intensity.
Pronounce: kat-ah'
Origin: a primary particle
the flesh
sarx (Greek #4561)
flesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e. (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit), or as the symbol of what is external, or as the means of kindred), or (by implication) human nature (with its frailties (physically or morally) and passions), or (specially), a human being (as such)
KJV usage: carnal(-ly, + -ly minded), flesh(-ly).
Pronounce: sarx
Origin: probably from the base of 4563
, with
meta (Greek #3326)
properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession) with which it is joined; occupying an intermediate position between 575 or 1537 and 1519 or 4314; less intimate than 1722 and less close than 4862)
KJV usage: after(-ward), X that he again, against, among, X and, + follow, hence, hereafter, in, of, (up-)on, + our, X and setting, since, (un-)to, + together, when, with (+ -out). Often used in composition, in substantially the same relations of participation or proximity, and transfer or sequence.
Pronounce: met-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition (often used adverbially)
fear
phobos (Greek #5401)
alarm or fright
KJV usage: be afraid, + exceedingly, fear, terror.
Pronounce: fob'-os
Origin: from a primary φέβομαι (to be put in fear)
and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
trembling
tromos (Greek #5156)
a "trembling", i.e. quaking with fear
KJV usage: + tremble(-ing).
Pronounce: trom'-os
Origin: from 5141
, in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
singleness
haplotes (Greek #572)
singleness, i.e. (subjectively) sincerity (without dissimulation or self-seeking), or (objectively) generosity (copious bestowal)
KJV usage: bountifulness, liberal(-ity), simplicity, singleness.
Pronounce: hap-lot'-ace
Origin: from 573
of your
humon (Greek #5216)
of (from or concerning) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your (own, -selves).
Pronounce: hoo-mone'
Origin: genitive case of 5210
heart
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
kardia (Greek #2588)
the heart, i.e. (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle
KJV usage: (+ broken-)heart(-ed).
Pronounce: kar-dee'-ah
Origin: prolonged from a primary κάρ (Latin cor, "heart")
, as
hos (Greek #5613)
which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
KJV usage: about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.
Pronounce: hoce
Origin: probably adverb of comparative from 3739
unto Christ
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
Christos (Greek #5547)
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
KJV usage: Christ.
Pronounce: khris-tos'
Origin: from 5548
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1 Peter 2:18• 18Household servants, be in subjection with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the crooked. (1 Peter 2:18)
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Ministry on This Verse

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Gen. 16:9•  (Gen. 16:9)
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Psa. 123:2•  (Psa. 123:2)
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Mal. 1:6•  (Mal. 1:6)
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Matt. 6:24• 24{i}No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.{/i} (Matt. 6:24)
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Matt. 8:9• 9{i}For I also am a man under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say to this [one], Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my bondman, Do this, and he does it.{/i} (Matt. 8:9)
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Acts 10:7‑8• 7And when the angel that spoke to him had departed, he called two of his domestics and a pious soldier of those in close attendance,
 8and having recounted all to them, sent them to Joppa. (Acts 10:7‑8)
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Col. 3:22• 22Bondmen, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart fearing the Lord. (Col. 3:22)
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1 Tim. 6:1‑3• 1Let as many as are bondmen under yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and the teaching be not reviled.
 2And they that have believing masters let them not despise [them] because they are brethren, but the more let them serve, because they that partake of the good service are faithful and beloved. These things teach and exhort.
 3If anyone teach differently, and accede not to sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that is according to piety, (1 Tim. 6:1‑3)
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Titus 2:9‑10• 9bond-servants to be in subjection to their own masters, to be well-pleasing in all things, not gainsaying,
 10not purloining, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. (Titus 2:9‑10)
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1 Peter 2:18‑21• 18Household servants, be in subjection with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the crooked.
 19For this [is] grace if for conscience toward God one endureth griefs, suffering unjustly.
 20For what glory [is it] if when ye sin and are buffeted ye shall endure? but if when ye do well and suffer ye shall endure, this [is] grace with God.
 21For to this were ye called; because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you a model that ye should follow up his steps; (1 Peter 2:18‑21)
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Philem. 16• 16no longer as a bondman but above a bondman, a brother beloved, specially to me but how much rather to thee, both in [the] flesh and in [the] Lord. (Philem. 16)
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1 Cor. 2:3• 3And I in weakness and in fear and in much trembling was with you; (1 Cor. 2:3)
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2 Cor. 7:15• 15And his affections are more exceedingly toward you, calling to mind the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him. (2 Cor. 7:15)
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Phil. 2:12• 12So that, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling work out your own salvation; (Phil. 2:12)
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1 Peter 3:2• 2having beheld your chaste behaviour in fear; (1 Peter 3:2)
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Eph. 6:24• 24grace with all that love our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruption. (Eph. 6:24)
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Josh. 24:14•  (Josh. 24:14)
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1 Chron. 29:17•  (1 Chron. 29:17)
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Psa. 86:11•  (Psa. 86:11)
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Matt. 6:22• 22The lamp of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body will be light; (Matt. 6:22)
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Acts 2:46• 46And day by day, continuing with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they did take their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, (Acts 2:46)
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2 Cor. 1:12• 12For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience that in holiness f and sincerity before God, not in carnal wisdom but in God's grace, we conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly towards you. (2 Cor. 1:12)
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2 Cor. 11:2‑3• 2For I am jealous as to you with a jealousy of God; for I betrothed you to one husband to present a chaste virgin to Christ.
 3But I fear lest by any means, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craft, your thoughts should be corrupted from the simplicity that is toward Christ. (2 Cor. 11:2‑3)
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Eph. 1:1‑23• 1Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus by God's will, to the saints that are in Ephesus and faithful in Christ Jesus.
 2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.
 3Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ that blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ,
 4even as he chose us in him before [the] world's foundation, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love;
 5having predestinated us for adoption through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
 6unto [the] praise of [the] glory of his grace, wherein he made us objects of grace in the beloved;
 7in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of offences, according to the riches of his grace,
 8which he caused to abound toward us in all wisdom and intelligence,
 9having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself
 10for [the] administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in the Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in him
 11in whom we have also obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to [the] purpose of him that worketh all things according to the counsel of his will,
 12in order that we should be unto [the] praise of his glory, that have fore-trusted in the Christ;
 13in whom ye also, having heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom having also believed, ye were sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise,
 14who is earnest of our inheritance, for [the] redemption of the purchased possession unto [the] praise of his glory.
 15On this account I also, having heard of the faith that [is] among you in the Lord Jesus and the love that [ye have] toward all the saints,
 16do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,
 17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you [the] spirit of wisdom and revelation in full knowledge of him,
 18having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling; and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints;
 19and what the surpassing greatness of his power toward us that believe, according to the working of the might of his strength,
 20which he wrought in the Christ in having raised him out of the dead, and seated [him] at his right hand in the heavenly [places],
 21far above every principality and authority and power and lordship and every name named not only in this age but also in that to come;
 22and put all things under his feet, and gave him as head over all things to the assembly,
 23which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all. (Eph. 1:1‑23)
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1 Cor. 7:22• 22For the bondman called in [the] Lord is [the] Lord's freedman; likewise, he that was called free is Christ's bondman. (1 Cor. 7:22)
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Col. 3:17‑24• 17And everything, whatever ye do in word or in work, [do] all in [the] name of [the] Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him.
 18Wives, be subject to the husbands, as was fitting in [the] Lord.
 19Husbands, love your wives and be not bitter against them.
 20Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in [the] Lord.
 21Fathers, do not irritate your children, that they be not discouraged.
 22Bondmen, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart fearing the Lord.
 23And whatever ye do, heartily work as to the Lord and not to men,
 24knowing that from [the] Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: ye serve the Lord Christ. (Col. 3:17‑24)
• It will be remarked, that in the two relationships we are considering, as well as in that of wives with their husbands, it is on the side from which submission is due that the exhortations begin. (“Ephesians 6” by J.N. Darby)
• It is striking to see how this principle elevates the slave in his condition: he obeys by an inward divine principle, as though it were Christ Himself whom he obeyed. However wicked his master may be, he obeys as if he obeyed Christ Himself. (“Ephesians 6” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Bondmen, obey masters according to flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as to the Christ;

W. Kelly Translation

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Bondmen, obey your masters according to flesh with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to the Christ;