Ephesians 6:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

And, masters, do the same to them. Stop threatening them, for you know that both of you have the same Lord in heaven, and with him there is no partiality.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

You masters, act on the same [principle] toward them and give up threatening and using violent and abusive words, knowing that He Who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no respect of persons (no partiality) with Him.

American Standard Version (1901)

And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, and forbear threatening: knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.

Common English Bible

As for masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Stop threatening them, because you know that both you and your slaves have a master in heaven. He doesn’t distinguish between people on the basis of status.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And you, lords, act similarly toward them, setting aside threats, knowing that the Lord of both you and them is in heaven. For with him there is no favoritism toward anyone.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And you, masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatenings, knowing that the Lord both of them and you is in heaven; and there is no respect of persons with him.

Ephesians 6:9 Cross References

Nehemiah 5:5

Now our flesh is the same as that of our kindred; our children are the same as their children; and yet we are forcing our sons and daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have been ravished; we are powerless, and our fields and vineyards now belong to others.”

Job 34:19

who shows no partiality to nobles, nor regards the rich more than the poor, for they are all the work of his hands?

Psalm 140:12

I know that the Lord maintains the cause of the needy and executes justice for the poor.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and right, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people; I profaned my heritage; I gave them into your hand; you showed them no mercy; on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy.

Daniel 3:15

Now if you are ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, drum, and entire musical ensemble, you should fall down and worship the statue that I have made. But if you do not worship, you shall immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire, and who is the god who will deliver you out of my hands?”

Daniel 3:6

Whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire.”

Leviticus 19:13

“You shall not defraud your neighbor; you shall not steal; and you shall not keep for yourself the wages of a laborer until morning.

Malachi 3:5

Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow, and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 22:10

Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both good and bad, so the wedding hall was filled with guests.

Matthew 22:8

Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy.

Matthew 24:48

But if that wicked slave says to himself, ‘My master is delayed,’

Matthew 24:51

He will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 7:12

“In everything do to others as you would have them do to you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Luke 6:31

Do to others as you would have them do to you.

John 13:13

You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for that is what I am.

Acts 10:34

Then Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality,

Romans 2:11

For God shows no partiality.

1 Corinthians 1:2

To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, together with all those who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:

1 Corinthians 7:22

For whoever was called in the Lord as a slave is a freed person belonging to the Lord, just as whoever was free when called is a slave belonging to Christ.

Deuteronomy 10:17

For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who is not partial and takes no bribe,

Colossians 3:25

For the wrongdoer will be paid back for whatever wrong has been done, and there is no partiality.

Colossians 4:1

Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, for you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

James 2:13

For judgment will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

James 2:8

If you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.

James 5:4

Listen! The wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

1 Samuel 15:17

Samuel said, “Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel.