EPH 6:5 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Slaves, obey your masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in honesty of your heart, as to Christ,

UST As for you who are slaves, very respectfully and sincerely obey those who are your masters here on the earth, just as you obey the Messiah.

BSB § Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear and sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.

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

AICNT Slaves,[fn] obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ,

6:5, Slaves: Servant in normal usage at the present time. i.e., one who works for another (employee)

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

WEBBE Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ,

WMBB Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Messiah,

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

LSV The servants: obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;

FBV Servants, obey those who are your human masters, with proper respect and awe, doing things from sincere motives as if you were serving Christ.

TCNT Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.

T4T You slaves, obey those who are your masters. Obey them very respectfully and sincerely [DOU], just like you obey Christ.

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

BBE Servants, do what is ordered by those who are your natural masters, having respect and fear for them, with all your heart, as to Christ;

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Wymth Slaves, be obedient to your earthly masters, with respect and eager anxiety to please and with simplicity of motive as if you were obeying Christ.

ASV 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;

DRA Servants, be obedient to them that are your lords according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to Christ:

YLT The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;

Drby Bondmen, obey masters according to flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as to the Christ;

RV 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;

Wbstr Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;

KJB-1769 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;

KJB-1611 Seruants, bee obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with feare and trembling, in singlenesse of your heart, as vnto Christ:
(Seruants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singlenesse of your heart, as unto Christ:)

Bshps Seruauntes obey them that are your bodyly maisters, with feare and tremblyng, in singlenesse of your heart, as vnto Christe.
(Seruauntes obey them that are your bodyly masters, with fear and tremblyng, in singlenesse of your heart, as unto Christ.)

Gnva Seruants, be obedient vnto them that are your masters, according to the flesh, with feare and trembling in singlenesse of your hearts as vnto Christ,
(Seruants, be obedient unto them that are your masters, according to the flesh, with fear and trembling in singlenesse of your hearts as unto Christ, )

Cvdl Ye seruauntes, obey youre bodely masters, with feare and tremblynge, in synglenes of youre hert, euen as vnto Christ,
(Ye/You_all servants, obey your(pl) bodely masters, with fear and tremblynge, in synglenes of your(pl) heart, even as unto Christ,)

TNT Servautes be obedient vnto youre carnall masters with feare and trimblinge in singlenes of youre hertes as vnto Christ:
(Servautes be obedient unto your(pl) carnal masters with fear and trimblinge in singlenes of your(pl) hearts as unto Christ: )

Wycl Seruauntis, obeische ye to fleischli lordis with drede and trembling, in simplenesse of youre herte, as to Crist;
(Seruauntis, obeische ye/you_all to fleshly lords with dread and trembling, in simplenesse of your(pl) heart, as to Christ;)

Luth Ihr Knechte, seid gehorsam euren leiblichen Herren mit Furcht und Zittern, in Einfältigkeit eures Herzens, als Christo;
(You servant(s), seid obedient/submissive yours leiblichen Lorden with Furcht and Zittern, in Einfältigkeit eures heartss, als Christo;)

ClVg Servi, obedite dominis carnalibus cum timore et tremore, in simplicitate cordis vestri, sicut Christo:[fn]
(Servi, obedite dominis carnalibus when/with timore and tremore, in simplicitate cordis vestri, like Christo: )

6.5 Servi, obedite. Servitus cœpit ex peccato; prima enim servitutis causa peccatum est, ut nomo homini conditionis vinculo subderetur, quod non fuit nisi Deo judicante, apud quem non est iniquitas, et novit diversas pœnas meritis distribuere delinquentium. In simplicitate. Liberam facit servitutem; non timore subdolo, sed fideli dilectione, donec transeat iniquitas, et omnis evacuetur potestas.

6.5 Servi, obedite. Servitus cœpit from peccato; the_first because servitutis causa peccatum it_is, as nomo homini conditionis vinculo subderetur, that not/no fuit nisi Deo yudicante, apud which not/no it_is iniquitas, and novit diversas pœnas meritis distribuere delinquentium. In simplicitate. Liberam facit servitutem; not/no timore subdolo, but fideli dilectione, until transeat iniquitas, and everyone evacuetur potestas.

UGNT οἱ δοῦλοι, ὑπακούετε τοῖς κατὰ σάρκα κυρίοις μετὰ φόβου καὶ τρόμου, ἐν ἁπλότητι τῆς καρδίας ὑμῶν ὡς τῷ Χριστῷ;
(hoi douloi, hupakouete tois kata sarka kuriois meta fobou kai tromou, en haplotaʸti taʸs kardias humōn hōs tōi Ⱪristōi;)

SBL-GNT Οἱ δοῦλοι, ὑπακούετε τοῖς ⸂κατὰ σάρκα κυρίοις⸃ μετὰ φόβου καὶ τρόμου ἐν ἁπλότητι τῆς καρδίας ὑμῶν ὡς τῷ Χριστῷ,
(Hoi douloi, hupakouete tois ⸂kata sarka kuriois⸃ meta fobou kai tromou en haplotaʸti taʸs kardias humōn hōs tōi Ⱪristōi,)

TC-GNT Οἱ δοῦλοι, ὑπακούετε τοῖς [fn]κυρίοις κατὰ σάρκα, μετὰ φόβου καὶ τρόμου, ἐν ἁπλότητι τῆς καρδίας ὑμῶν, ὡς τῷ Χριστῷ·
(Hoi douloi, hupakouete tois kuriois kata sarka, meta fobou kai tromou, en haplotaʸti taʸs kardias humōn, hōs tōi Ⱪristōi; )

6:5 κυριοις κατα σαρκα ¦ κατα σαρκα κυριοις CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

φόβου καὶ τρόμου

respect and trembling

The phrase fear and trembling uses two similar ideas to emphasize the importance of honoring their masters. Alternate translation: [with deep respect]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

καὶ τρόμου

and trembling

Here, trembling is an exaggeration used to emphasize how important it is that slaves obey their masters. Alternate translation: [and deep respect] or [as though you were shaking with fear]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἐν ἁπλότητι τῆς καρδίας ὑμῶν

in sincerity ˱of˲_the heart ˱of˲_you_all

Here, heart is a metonym for a person’s mind or intentions. Alternate translation: [with honesty] or [with sincerity]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐν ἁπλότητι

in sincerity

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word honesty, you could express the same idea with a verbal form. Alternate translation: [honestly] or [sincerely]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὡς τῷ Χριστῷ

as ˱to˲_the Messiah

To make the meaning of this phrase clear, you may want to include the verb here: “as you obey Christ.”

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