Ephesians 6:5

Modern English Version

Servants, obey those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of your heart, as to Christ,

Cross References

Genesis 16:9

Then the angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself to her authority.”

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that You test the heart, and with uprightness You are pleased, so in the uprightness of my heart I have offered freely all these things, and now I have seen Your people, those present here, offer freely and joyously to You.

Psalm 123:2

Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until He has mercy upon us.

Psalm 86:11

Teach me Your way, O  Lord; I will walk in Your truth; unite my heart to fear Your name.

Malachi 1:6

A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My fear? says the Lord of Hosts to you, O priests, who despise My name. But you say, “How have we despised Your name?”

Matthew 6:22

“The light of the body is the eye. Therefore, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

Matthew 6:24

“No one can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

Matthew 8:9

For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this man, ‘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 continuing daily with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,

Romans 9:3

For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers, my kinsmen by race,

1 Corinthians 2:3

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

1 Corinthians 7:22

For he who is called in the Lord while a servant is the Lord’s freeman. Likewise, he who is called while free is Christ’s servant.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our rejoicing is this: The testimony of our conscience is that we conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you, in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God.

2 Corinthians 7:15

Now his affection abounds all the more toward you, as he remembers the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you received him.

Ephesians 5:22

Wives, be submissive to your own husbands as unto the Lord.

Ephesians 6:24

Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.

Philippians 2:12

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

Philemon 1:16

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

Joshua 24:14

“Now fear the Lord, and serve Him with sincerity and faithfulness. Put away the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord.

1 Peter 3:2

as they see the purity and reverence of your lives.