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Parallel EPH 6:6

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BI Eph 6:6 ©

Text critical issues=minor spelling Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal(All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV)Don’t just please them when they’re watching, but work as slaves of the messiah, genuinely wanting to obey God

OET-LVnot with eyeservice as men_pleasing, but as slaves of_chosen_one/messiah, doing the will of_ the _god from the_heart,

SR-GNTμὴ κατʼ ὀφθαλμοδουλείαν ὡς ἀνθρωπάρεσκοι, ἀλλʼ ὡς δοῦλοι ˚Χριστοῦ, ποιοῦντες τὸ θέλημα τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ ἐκ ψυχῆς,
   (maʸ katʼ ofthalmodouleian hōs anthrōpareskoi, allʼ hōs douloi ˚Ⱪristou, poiountes to thelaʸma tou ˚Theou ek psuⱪaʸs,)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULTnot with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul,

USTObey them not only when they are watching you, as people do who only care about appearing to work hard. Instead, work as though you were slaves of the Messiah, doing enthusiastically what God wants you to do.

BSB[And do this] not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from [your] heart.

MSB (Same as above)

BLBnot with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,


AICNTnot with eye-service as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul,

OEBnot only when their eyes are on you, as if you had merely to please people, but as slaves of Christ, who are trying to carry out the will of God.

WEBBEnot in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

WMBBnot in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers, but as servants of Messiah, doing the will of God from the heart,

NETnot like those who do their work only when someone is watching – as people-pleasers – but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.

LSVnot with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of [your] soul,

FBVDon't just work well when you're being watched to gain approval, but work like servants of Christ, honestly doing God's will,

TCNTDo not try to please them only when they are watching you, but act like slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.

T4TObey them, not only when they are watching [MTY] you, and not only to cause them to think highly/well of you. Instead, obey them as though you were [MET] slaves of Christ, not slaves of your masters. Do enthusiastically what God wants you to do.

LEBNo LEB EPH book available

BBENot only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart;

MoffNo Moff EPH book available

WymthLet it not be in acts of eye-service as if you had but to please men, but as Christ's bondservants who are doing God's will from the heart.

ASVnot in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

DRANot serving to the eye, as it were pleasing men, but, as the servants of Christ doing the will of God from the heart,

YLTnot with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of soul,

Drbynot with eye-service as men-pleasers; but as bondmen of Christ, doing the will of [fn]God from [the] soul,


6.6 Elohim

RVnot in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

SLTNot with eye-service, as menpleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul:

WbstrNot with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

KJB-1769Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

KJB-1611Not with eye seruice as men pleasers, but as the seruants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart:
   (Not with eye service as men pleasers, but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart:)

BshpsNo Bshps EPH book available

GnvaNot with seruice to the eye, as men pleasers, but as the seruants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,
   (Not with service to the eye, as men pleasers, but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, )

CvdlNo Cvdl EPH book available

TNTnot with service in the eye sight as men pleasars: but as the servautes of Christ doynge the will of God from the herte
   (not with service in the eyesight as men pleasars: but as the servantes of Christ doing the will of God from the heart )

WyclNo Wycl EPH book available

LuthNo Luth EPH book available

ClVgnon ad oculum servientes, quasi hominibus placentes, sed ut servi Christi, facientes voluntatem Dei ex animo,
   (not/no to oculum will_servees, as_if to_manbus pleasees, but as slaves of_Christ, they_will_does voluntatem of_God from in_mind, )

UGNTμὴ κατ’ ὀφθαλμοδουλείαν ὡς ἀνθρωπάρεσκοι, ἀλλ’ ὡς δοῦλοι Χριστοῦ, ποιοῦντες τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐκ ψυχῆς,
   (maʸ kat’ ofthalmodouleian hōs anthrōpareskoi, all’ hōs douloi Ⱪristou, poiountes to thelaʸma tou Theou ek psuⱪaʸs,)

SBL-GNTμὴ κατʼ ὀφθαλμοδουλίαν ὡς ἀνθρωπάρεσκοι ἀλλʼ ὡς ⸀δοῦλοι Χριστοῦ ποιοῦντες τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ, ἐκ ψυχῆς
   (maʸ katʼ ofthalmodoulian hōs anthrōpareskoi allʼ hōs ⸀douloi Ⱪristou poiountes to thelaʸma tou theou, ek psuⱪaʸs)

RP-GNTμὴ κατ' ὀφθαλμοδουλείαν ὡς ἀνθρωπάρεσκοι, ἀλλ' ὡς δοῦλοι τοῦ χριστοῦ, ποιοῦντες τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐκ ψυχῆς,
   (maʸ kat' ofthalmodouleian hōs anthrōpareskoi, all' hōs douloi tou ⱪristou, poiountes to thelaʸma tou theou ek psuⱪaʸs,)

TC-GNTμὴ κατ᾽ [fn]ὀφθαλμοδουλείαν ὡς ἀνθρωπάρεσκοι, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς δοῦλοι [fn]τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ποιοῦντες τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐκ ψυχῆς,
   (maʸ kat ofthalmodouleian hōs anthrōpareskoi, all hōs douloi tou Ⱪristou, poiountes to thelaʸma tou Theou ek psuⱪaʸs, )


6:6 οφθαλμοδουλειαν ¦ οφθαλμοδουλιαν ANT NA PCK SBL WH

6:6 του ¦ — CT

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


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

6:5-9 The relationship between slaves and masters (and, by analogy, between employees and employers) is to be shaped by their commitment to the Lord and their desire to build one another up in Christ. Christian slaves are to obey their masters, and Christian masters are to treat their slaves kindly (see Col 3:22–4:1).
• Paul was not promoting slavery but teaching Christians how to live in it as a fact of life in that culture (for Paul’s treatment of slavery, see Philemon Book Introduction, “Meaning and Message”).


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

ἀλλ’

but

The connecting word but introduces a contrast relationship. Obeying our masters as men-pleasers is in contrast to obeying them because we are slaves of Christ.

ὡς δοῦλοι Χριστοῦ

as as slaves ˱of˲_Christ

Alternate translation: [as though your earthly master were Christ himself]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἐκ ψυχῆς

from ˓the˒_heart

Here, soul is a metonym for “attitudes” or “intentions.” Alternate translation: [wholeheartedly] or [enthusiastically]

BI Eph 6:6 ©