Ephesians 6:5
1599 Geneva Bible
5 (A)[a]Servants, be obedient unto them that are your masters, [b]according to the flesh, with [c]fear and trembling in singleness of your hearts, as unto Christ,
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- Ephesians 6:5 Now he ascendeth to the third part of a family, to wit, to the duty both of the masters and of the servants. And he showeth that the duty of servants consisteth in a hearty love and reverence to their master.
- Ephesians 6:5 He mitigateth the sharpness of service, in that they are spiritually free, notwithstanding the same, and yet that spiritual freedom taketh not away corporal service, insomuch that they cannot be Christ’s, unless they serve their masters willingly and faithfully, so far forth as they may with safe conscience.
- Ephesians 6:5 With careful reverence: for slavish fear is not allowable, much less in Christian servants.
Colossians 3:22
1599 Geneva Bible
22 ¶ (A)[a] Servants, be obedient unto them that are your masters according to the flesh, in all things, not with eye service as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.
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- Colossians 3:22 Of servants that fearing God himself to whom their obedience is acceptable, they reverently, faithfully, and from the heart, obey their masters.
1 Peter 2:18
1599 Geneva Bible
18 (A)[a]Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and courteous, but also to the froward.
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- 1 Peter 2:18 He goeth to the duty of servants towards their masters, which he describeth with these bounds, that servants submit themselves willingly and not by constraint, not only to the good and courteous, but also to the froward and sharp masters.
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