Ephesians 6:5 - The Scriptures 1998

⁵ Servants, obey your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Messiah;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Servants (slaves), be obedient to those who are your physical masters, having respect for them and eager concern to please them, in singleness of motive and with all your heart, as [service] to Christ [Himself]–

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

Common English Bible

⁵ As for slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling and with sincere devotion to Christ.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Servants, be obedient to your lords according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to Christ.

Ephesians 6:5 Cross References

Genesis 16:9

And the Messenger of יהוה  said to her, “Return to your mistress, and humble yourself under her hand.”

1 Chronicles 29:17

“And I know, my Elohim, that You are trying the heart and desire uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have voluntarily given all these. And now with joy I have seen Your people, who are present here to give voluntarily to You.

Psalm 123:2

See, as the eyes of servants Are toward the hand of their masters, As the eyes of a female servant Are toward the hand of her mistress, So are our eyes toward יהוה  our Elohim, Until He shows favour to us.

Psalm 86:11

Teach me Your way, O יהוה ; Let me walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your Name.

Malachi 1:6

“A son esteems his father, and a servant his master. And if I am the Father, where is My esteem? And if I am a Master, where is My fear? said יהוה  of hosts to you priests who despise My Name. But you asked, ‘In what way have we despised Your Name?’

Matthew 6:22

“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, all your body shall be enlightened.

Matthew 6:24

“No one is able to serve two masters, for either he shall hate the one and love the other, or else he shall cleave to the one and despise the other. You are not able to serve Elohim and mammon.

Matthew 8:9

“For I too am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

Acts 2:46

And day by day, continuing with one mind in the Set-apart Place, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,

Romans 9:3

For I myself could have wished to be banished from Messiah for the sake of my brothers, my relatives according to the flesh,

1 Corinthians 2:3

And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

1 Corinthians 7:22

For he who is called in the Master while a slave is the Master’s freed man. Likewise he who is called while free is a slave of Messiah.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our boasting is this: the witness of our conscience that we behaved ourselves in the world in simplicity and sincerity of Elohim, not in fleshly wisdom but in the favour of Elohim, and much more toward you.

2 Corinthians 7:15

And his tender feelings are greater for you as he remembers the obedience of all of you, as you received him with fear and trembling.

Ephesians 5:22

Wives, subject yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Master.

Ephesians 6:24

Favour be with all those who love our Master יהושע  Messiah, undecayingly! Amĕ

Philippians 2:12

So that, my beloved, as you always obeyed – not only in my presence, but now much rather in my absence – work out your own deliverance with fear and trembling,

Philemon 1:16

no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me, and how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Master.

Joshua 24:14

“And now, fear יהוה, serve Him in perfection and in truth, and put away the mighty ones which your fathers served beyond the River and in Mitsrayim, and serve יהוה!

1 Peter 3:2

having seen your blameless behaviour in fear.