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Ephesians 6:6 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

6 Do not serve them only when you are being watched, just to gain their approval, but as slaves of Christ, doing what God wants from your heart.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

6 not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

6 Not in the way of eye-service [as if they were watching you] and only to please men, but as servants (slaves) of Christ, doing the will of God heartily and with your whole soul;

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American Standard Version (1901)

6 not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

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Common English Bible

6 Don’t work to make yourself look good and try to flatter people, but act like slaves of Christ carrying out God’s will from the heart.

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Catholic Public Domain Version

6 Do not serve only when seen, as if to please men, but act as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.

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Ephesians 6:6
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Instead, we speak as men approved by God to be entrusted with the Gospel. So, we speak, not trying to please people but God, who examines [the motives of] our hearts.


For am I seeking [to gain] the favor of men or of God? Or, am I striving to please people [by what I do]? If I were still [trying] to please people, I would not be a [true] servant of Christ.


Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord wants you to do.


So then, you should no longer live the rest of your lives [to satisfy] the sinful desires of your body, but to do what God wants.


So then, my dear ones, just as you people were always obedient [to my teaching] when I was there with you, so now, in my absence [also], be [obedient] all the more. [Continue to] complete your own salvation [i.e., by living faithfully to the end. See Rom. 13:11] with fear and trembling [i.e., with a reverent and submissive spirit],


equip you with every good deed for doing God’s will. [May He] work in us [to accomplish] what is very pleasing in His sight through [the power of] Jesus Christ. May there be praise to Him forever and ever. May it be so.


For you need to be steadfast so that, after you have done what God wants, you will receive the promise [of an inheritance. See 9:15].


So, this is why, since the day we heard about these things, we do not stop praying for you and requesting that you people be filled [by God] with the knowledge of what He wants [for your lives], and with spiritual wisdom and understanding.


“Not every person who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven; but [only] that person who does what my Father in heaven requires.


And the world, with its [physical and material] desires, is passing away, but the person who does what God wants will continue to live forever.


Thank God that you people, who were once slaves to [the practice of] sin, became obedient from [your] heart to the pattern of teaching [i.e., the Gospel message] you committed yourself to.


Epaphras, who is one of you [See 1:7; 4:9], a slave of Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings. He always struggles in his prayers on your behalf so that you will remain mature and be fully convinced [that you are living] by all that God wants [for your life].


For it is God’s will that, by doing good, you should put to silence the ignorant [talk and actions] of foolish people.


For it is God’s will that you should be dedicated to Him, [that is], you should avoid sexual immorality.


For whoever will do what God wants, that person is my brother, and sister and mother.”


For the person who was a slave when called by the Lord is [now] the Lord’s freed person. In the same way, the person who was free when he was called [by the Lord] is [now] Christ’s slave.


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