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5 Slaves, submit to your human masters with respect and fear, being sincere in your hearts as if serving the messiah.[ref]6 Don’t just please them when they’re watching, but work as slaves of the messiah, genuinely wanting to obey God7 by serving 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 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.[ref]

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.

OET by section EPH 6:5

Slaves and masters

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OET by section EPH 6:5

Slaves and masters

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