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Ephesians 6:5

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

Slaves, obey your earthly masters, with anxious care, giving them ungrudging service, as if obeying the Christ;

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The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is unclouded, your whole body will be lit up;

No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will attach himself to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.

For I myself am a man under the orders of others, with soldiers under me; and, if I say to one of them 'Go,' he goes, and to another 'Come,' he comes, and to my slave 'Do this,' he does it."

Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the Temple Courts, and to the Breaking of Bread at their homes, while they partook of their food in simple-hearted gladness, praising God, and winning the good-will of all the people.

I could wish that I were myself accursed and severed from the Christ, for the sake of my Brothers-my own countrymen.

Indeed, when I came among you, I was weak, and full of fears, and in great anxiety.

For the man who was a slave when he was called to the master's service is the Master's freed-man; so, too, the man who was free when called is Christ's slave.

Indeed, our main ground for satisfaction is this--Our conscience tells us that our conduct in the world, and still more in our relations with you, was marked by a purity of motive and a sincerity that were inspired by God, and was based, not on worldly policy, but on the help of God.

And his affection for you is all the greater, as he remembers the deference that you all showed him, and recalls how you received him with anxious care.

Wives should submit to their husbands as submitting to the Lord.

May God's blessing be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always been obedient in the past, so now work out your own Salvation with anxious care, not only when I am with you, but all the more now that I am absent.

No longer as a slave, but as something better--a dearly loved Brother, especially dear to me, and how much more so to you, not only as your fellow man, but as your fellow Christian!

as they watch your submissive and blameless conduct.




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