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5 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.
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5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.
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6 Not serving to the eye, as it were pleasing men: but, as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.
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6 Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but like slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.
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7 With a good will serving, as to the Lord, and not to men.
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7 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men,
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8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man shall do, the same shall he receive from the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
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8 because you know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.
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9 And you, masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatenings: knowing that the Lord both of them and you is in heaven. And there is no respect of persons with him.
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9 And masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.
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