Ephesians 6:5

New American Bible - revised edition

Slaves, be obedient to your human masters with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ,

Cross References

Genesis 16:9

But the Lord’s angel told her: “Go back to your mistress and submit to her authority.

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you put hearts to the test and that you take pleasure in integrity. With a whole heart I have willingly given all these things, and now with joy I have seen your people here present also giving to you generously.

Psalm 123:2

Yes, like the eyes of servants on the hand of their masters, Like the eyes of a maid on the hand of her mistress, So our eyes are on the Lord our God, till we are shown favor.

Psalm 86:11

Teach me, Lord, your way that I may walk in your truth, single-hearted and revering your name.

Malachi 1:6

A son honors his father, and a servant fears his master; If, then, I am a father, where is the honor due to me? And if I am a master, where is the fear due to me? So says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who disdain my name. But you ask, “How have we disdained your name?”

Matthew 6:22

“The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is sound, your whole body will be filled with light;

Matthew 6:24

“No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Dependence on God.

Matthew 8:9

For I too am a person subject to authority, with soldiers subject to me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come here,’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

Acts 2:46

Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple area and to breaking bread in their homes. They ate their meals with exultation and sincerity of heart,

Romans 9:3

For I could wish that I myself were accursed and separated from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kin according to the flesh.

1 Corinthians 2:3

I came to you in weakness and fear and much trembling,

1 Corinthians 7:22

For the slave called in the Lord is a freed person in the Lord, just as the free person who has been called is a slave of Christ.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with the simplicity and sincerity of God, [and] not by human wisdom but by the grace of God.

2 Corinthians 7:15

And his heart goes out to you all the more, as he remembers the obedience of all of you, when you received him with fear and trembling.

Ephesians 5:22

Wives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord.

Ephesians 6:24

Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ in immortality.

Philippians 2:12

So then, my beloved, obedient as you have always been, not only when I am present but all the more now when I am absent, work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

Philemon 1:16

no longer as a slave but more than a slave, a brother, beloved especially to me, but even more so to you, as a man and in the Lord.

Joshua 24:14

“Now, therefore, fear the Lord and serve him completely and sincerely. Cast out the gods your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.

1 Peter 3:2

when they observe your reverent and chaste behavior.