Ephesians 6:5

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Genesis 16:9

Then the Lord’s angel said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you examine thoughts and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.

Psalm 123:2

Look, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female servant look to the hand of her mistress, so my eyes will look to the Lord, our God, until he shows us favor.

Psalm 86:11

O Lord, teach me how you want me to live! Then I will obey your commands. Make me wholeheartedly committed to you!

Malachi 1:6

“A son naturally honors his father and a slave respects his master. If I am your father, where is my honor? If I am your master, where is my respect? The Lord who rules over all asks you this, you priests who make light of my name! But you reply, ‘How have we made light of your name?’

Matthew 6:22

“The eye is the lamp of the body. If then 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 he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

Matthew 8:9

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

Acts 2:46

Every day they continued to gather together by common consent in the temple courts, breaking bread from house to house, sharing their food with glad and humble hearts,

Romans 9:3

For I could wish that I myself were accursed – cut off from Christ – for the sake of my people, my fellow countrymen,

1 Corinthians 2:3

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

1 Corinthians 7:22

For the one who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord’s freedman. In the same way, the one who was called as a free person is Christ’s slave.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God – not by human wisdom but by the grace of God – we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.

2 Corinthians 7:15

And his affection for you is much greater when he remembers the obedience of you all, how you welcomed him with fear and trembling.

Ephesians 5:22

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord,

Ephesians 6:24

Grace be with all of those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.

Philippians 2:12

So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence,

Philemon 1:16

no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, as a dear brother. He is especially so to me, and even more so to you now, both humanly speaking and in the Lord.

Joshua 24:14

Now obey the Lord and worship him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt and worship the Lord.

1 Peter 3:2

when they see your pure and reverent conduct.