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Ephesians 6:5
Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your he art, as unto Christ;
Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your he art, as unto Christ;
Verse Ephesians 6:5. _SERVANTS, BE OBEDIENT_] Though δουλος frequently signifies a _slave_ or _bondman_, yet it often implies a _servant_ in general, or any one bound to another, either for a limited...
SERVANTS - οἵ δοῦλοι hoi douloi. The word used here denotes one who is bound to render service to another, whether that service be free or voluntary, and may denote, therefore, either a slave, or o...
5. EXHORTATIONS TO SERVANTS AND MASTERS CHAPTER 6:5-9 The servants exhorted were slaves. Slavery existed throughout the Roman Empire at that time. Nowhere is slavery attacked in the New Testament, no...
EPHESIANS 5:22 TO EPHESIANS 6:9. SUBORDINATION IN THE FEAR OF CHRIST. The principle is illustrated by the relation (_a)_ of wives to husbands, (_b)_ of children to parents, (_c_) of slaves to masters....
Slaves must render obedience to their earthly masters as unto Christ, in a spirit of fear and reverence, and with undivided allegiance; not trying merely to do such work as may pass muster before the...
Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as you would Christ himself. Do not work only when you are being watched. Do not work only to satisfy men. But work as t...
CHILDREN AND PARENTS (Ephesians 6:1-4)...
SERVANTS. App-190. MASTERS. Greek. _kurios._ See App-98. ACCORDING TO. App-104. FEAR AND TREMBLING. Compare 1 Corinthians 2:3, the same phrase. SINGLENESS. Greek. _haplotes._ See Romans 12:8. UNT...
The Christian Home: Servants and Masters 5. _Servants_ BONDSERVANTS, SLAVES. Cp. Colossians 3:22-25; and see 1 Corinthians 7:21-22; 1 Timothy 6:1-2;...
Ephesians 5:22 to Ephesians 6:9. HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS IN CHRISTIAN LIGHT Cf. Colossians 3:18 to Colossians 4:1;...
ΚΑΤᾺ ΣΆΡΚΑ. In the visible order—in accordance with existing social conditions—as distinct from the spiritual sphere in which Christ is the One Lord. ΜΕΤᾺ ΦΌΒΟΥ ΚΑῚ ΤΡΌΜΟΥ. Philippians 2:12; ‘with rev...
SLAVES AND MASTERS Cf. Colossians 3:22 to Colossians 4:1; 1 Peter 2:18-25; _Didachè_ IV. On the attitude of Christianity to the institution of Slavery, see Lightfoot, _Col._ pp. 323 ff., Benson, Chris...
ΎΠΑΚΟΎΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΎΠΑΚΟΎΩ (G5219), _см._ Ephesians 6:1. ΦΌΒΟΣ (G5401) страх, почтение, ΤΡΌΜΟΣ (G5156) трепет. Эти слова обозначают лишь волнение, связанное с выполнением долга, здесь...
_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 6:1-9) C. Subject yourselves one to another. Ephesians 5:21-33; Ephesians 6:1-9 3. Children and fathers....
(6:5,6) "Slaves" were so for any number of reasons. They might have been drawn into slavery by debt, or by an act of war, or by purchase. This is not an endorsement by Paul of the existence of slavery...
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; SERVANTS - literally, 'slaves.' MASTERS ACCORDING...
__ The Joint Body-In the Lord 32 There are three secrets in Ephesians: the secret of Christ (Eph_1:9), the secret administration (Eph_3:9) and the secret of marriage, here referred to. The physical...
SERVANTS] All servants then were _slaves_ and St. Paul says 'slaves': 'be obedient to' might be 'obey,' as in Ephesians 6:1 : 'according to the flesh' = earthly. WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING] 'very anxious...
RULES FOR THE FAMILY. THE CHRISTIAN'S AEMOUE 1-4. Second illustration of orderly subordination: the relation between children and parents....
CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR EPHESIANS _LES PAINTER (BIBLE TEXT BY CYNTHIA GREEN)_ CHAPTER 6 6:1-4 ~ CHILDREN AND PARENTS V1 Children, you must obey your parents. This is because the *Lord has...
(4 _c._) In Ephesians 6:5 the hardest form of subjection, that of slaves to masters, is dealt with, still under the same idea that both are “in Christ.” The slave is the servant of Christ in obeying h...
YOUR MASTERS ACCORDING TO THE FLESH. — This phrase (used also in Colossians 3:12) at once implies the necessary limitation of all human slavery. It can subjugate and even kill the body, but it cannot...
[5. Practical Exhortation continued (Ephesians 5:22 to Ephesians 6:9). (4) THE BEARING OF THE TRUTH OF UNITY ON THE THREE GREAT RELATIONS OF LIFE. (_a_) _Between husbands and wives_ — a relation w...
CHAPTER 27 THE CHRISTIAN HOUSEHOLD Ephesians 6:1 THE Christian family is the cradle and the fortress of the Christian faith. Here its virtues shine most brightly; and by this channel its influence s...
οἱ δοῦλοι, ὑπακούετε τοῖς κυρίοις κατὰ σάρκα : _servants obey them who according to the flesh are your masters_. As in the case of the two relations already dealt with, so here the statement begins wi...
Other relative duties those of masters and servants. With this compare the paragraph in the sister Epistle, Colossians 3:22 to Colossians 4:1, and the statement in 1 Peter 2:18-25....
CHILDREN AND PARENTS; SERVANTS AND MASTERS Ephesians 6:1 Where our religion is true, it will affect every relationship in life. The love of Christ must find its manifestation in nursery and in kitch...
The teaching now turned to the next relationship of importance in the Christian household-the relationship of parents and children. Children are to yield obedience, and thus be set free from all care...
Duties of Slaves Christ and his apostles did not violently oppose slavery, but set in motion the principles that would destroy it. Paul told Christian slaves to have proper respect for their master's...
(7) Servants, be obedient to them that are [your] masters (8) according to the flesh, with (d) fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; (7) Now he descends to the third part of...
_Your carnal; temporal masters, whether Christians or heathens. (Witham)_...
(1) В¶ Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. (2) Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) (3) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest l...
In this epistle we have the unfolding of the grace of God in all its fulness, not merely the application of His righteousness to man's need on His part, but God from out of Himself, and for Himself, a...
I. INTRODUCTION A. In the last 2 studies, we discovered what the Lord expects from a Christian wife and a Christian husband. 1. In this whole 6-part study on Christian Behavior, we have learned the...
5._Servants, be obedient. _His exhortation to servants is so much the more earnest, on account of the hardship and bitterness of their condition, which renders it more difficult to be endured. And he...
But it is not only that there is a line of conduct to follow, a model to imitate, a Spirit with whom one may be filled, it is not only relationships between oneself and God, and those in which we stan...
SERVANTS, BE OBEDIENT TO THEM THAT ARE [YOUR] MASTERS,.... The apostle enlarges on the duty of servants, as well as frequently inculcates it in his epistles; because, generally speaking, they were mor...
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; Ver. 5. _Servants, be obedient_] The centurion was...
_Servants_ Δουλοι, _bond-servants;_ or he may include also those that were in the station of hired servants; _be obedient to your masters_ For the gospel does not cancel the civil rights of mankind; _...
MASTERS ACCORDING TO THE FLESH; persons to whom you justly owe service, or who by human laws have power to force you to serve them. Obey their commands whenever you can do it without disobeying the co...
PARENTS AND CHILDREN (vs.1-4) Children are next addressed. The instruction is simple and uncomplicated. They are to obey their parents in the Lord, that is, as subject to the Lord's authority. False...
CHAPTER 6 ______________ must obey their parents. Parents must give direction that is in the __________. This is God's plan from the creation and it is __________. Children are to __________ their p...
“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” “Be obedient”: Becoming. Christian does not erase o...
5-9 The duty of servants is summed up in one word, obedience. The servants of old were generally slaves. The apostles were to teach servants and masters their duties, in doing which evils would be le...
SERVANTS; these servants were generally slaves: Christian liberty doth not take away civil servitude. BE OBEDIENT TO THEM THAT ARE YOUR MASTERS; whether good or bad, as 1 PETER 2:18, is expressly said...
Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews In the Epistle of Paul to the Ephesians: "Servants, obey your fleshly masters with fear and trembling, and ill simplicity of your hear...
Ephesians 6:5 Bondservants G1401 obedient G5219 (G5720) masters G2962 according G2596 flesh G4561 with G3326 fear G5401
‘Bondservants be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling (with greatest care), in singleness of your heart, as to Christ. Not in the way of eyeservice as...
Ephesians 6:5. SERVANTS; lit, ‘bondmen,' slaves. While the passage has its very obvious application to all servants, the word itself refers to ‘slaves.' The last clause of Ephesians 6:8 (‘bondman or f...
IV. SPECIAL CHRISTIAN DUTIES IN HOUSEHOLD RELATIONS. (1.) Of wives and husbands; chap. Ephesians 5:22-33. (2.) Of children and parents; chap. Ephesians 6:1-4. (3.). Of servants and masters; chap. Ephe...
3. _Christian Duties of Servants and Masters_. The precepts for the subordinate class come first, but both are exhorted as Christians; the servants to serve as to the Lord, the masters to rule as hav...
WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING (μετα φοβου κα τρομου). This addition to Colossians 3:22....
Ephesians 6 I. The Apostle compares the struggles of a Christian against the enemies of his soul to the warfare of a soldier against the enemies of his country. What are the spiritual truths, the Chri...
Ephesians 6:1. _Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right._ Fitting by nature, and pleasing in the sight of God. Ephesians 6:2. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first comm...
CONTENTS: Domestic life of Spirit-filled believers. Warfare of the believer. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Satan, Tychicus. CONCLUSION: The Christian life is a warfare, a struggle not o...
Ephesians 6:1. _Children, obey your parents,_ because they are your parents, who gave you birth, and nourished you with food and fond affection in all your tender years. Their age and experience quali...
SLAVES. "Since the Good News does not cancel the social structure which you are part of, I tell you who are slaves to obey your human masters, with fear and trembling rather than with pride and arroga...
_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._ A SERMON TO SERVANTS Understand your calling as the...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 6:5 BONDSERVANTS. See note on 1 Cor. 7:21. It is estimated that slaves (or bondservants) composed about one-third of the population of a city like Ephesus. They were consid...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 6:5. SERVANTS, BE OBEDIENT.—R.V. margin, “bond-servants.” There was One who had “become obedient even unto death,” having taken “the form of a bond-servant”...
EXPOSITION EPHESIANS 6:1 CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN THE LORD: FOR THIS IS RIGHT. The first duty of children is obedience, and "in the Lord," _i.e. _in Christ, this duty is confirmed. The ἐν Κυρ...
Now parent-child relationships, Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right (Ephesians 6:1). That "in the Lord" I think is important. If your parents are not godly and if your parents...
1 Chronicles 29:17; 1 Corinthians 2:3; 1 Corinthians 7:22; 1 Peter 2:18;...
Servants [δ ο υ λ ο ι]. Bond - servants or slaves. In this appeal Paul was addressing a numerous class. In many of the cities of Asia Minor slaves outnumbered freemen. Masters [κ υ ρ ι ο ι ς]. See on...
Your masters according to the flesh — According to the present state of things: afterward the servant is free from his master. With fear and trembling — A proverbial expression, implying the utmost ca...
Doesn’t this command perpetuate the institution of slavery? (See comments on Philemon 1:16)...
Observe here, 1. The general duty incumbent upon servants: that of obedience TO THEIR MASTERS, ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, that is, in temporal things only; obey your earthly masters in things pertaining...