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6:5 Slaves and masters

5 [ref]Slaves, submit to your human masters with respect and fear, being sincere in your hearts as if serving the messiah. 6 Don’t just please them when they’re watching, but work as slaves of the messiah, genuinely wanting to obey God 7 by serving the master with good will. When you serve as if serving the master and not people, 8 whether you’re a slave or free, it’s him who will reward you.

9 [ref]Masters, do the same towards your slaves. You know that both the slaves and you have the same master in the heavens, so don’t threaten them because our master has no favourites.

6:5-8: Col 3:22-25.

6:9: a Col 4:1; b Deu 10:17; Col 3:25.

5 The Slaves be _submitting to _your masters according _to flesh with respect and trembling, in sincerity of _the heart of _you _all as to _the chosen _one /messiah, 6 not with eyeservice as men _pleasing, but as slaves of_chosen _one /messiah, doing the will of_ the _god from the_heart, 7 with good _will serving as to _the master, and not to _people, 8 having _known that each if may _do good, this he _will _be _receiving _back from the_master, whether slave or free.
9 And the masters, be _doing the same things toward them, giving _up the threat, having _known that the Master both of _them and of _you _all is in the_heavens, and favouritism is not with him.

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Slaves and masters

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