Ephesians 6:6 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

⁶ Do not try to please them only when they are watching you, but act like slaves of Christ, doing the will of God 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;

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;

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;

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.

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.

Ephesians 6:6 Cross References

Matthew 12:50

For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

Matthew 7:21

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father in heaven.

Mark 3:35

For whoever does the will of God is my brother and my sister and mother.”

Romans 6:17

But thanks be to God that, though you were slaves of sin, you have become obedient from the heart to the pattern of teaching to which you were entrusted,

1 Corinthians 7:22

For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord's freedman. In the same way, he who was called as a free man is Christ's slave.

Galatians 1:10

Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Ephesians 5:17

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Philippians 2:12

Therefore, my beloved friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,

Colossians 1:9

For this reason, from the day we heard this, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God's will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ, greets you, always striving for you in his prayers, so that you may stand mature and complete in all the will of God.

1 Thessalonians 2:4

but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who examines our hearts.

1 Thessalonians 4:3

It is God's will that you be sanctified, that you abstain from fornication,

Hebrews 10:36

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

Hebrews 13:21

equip you in every good work so that you may do his will. May he accomplish in you what is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

1 Peter 2:15

For it is God's will that you silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.

1 Peter 4:2

so as to live his remaining time in the flesh no longer for the evil desires of men, but for the will of God.

1 John 2:17

And the world is passing away along with its lusts, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.