EPHESIANS 6:7

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:”

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Ephesians 6:7 Translation & Meaning

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With μετ' Properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession) with which it is joined; occupying an intermediate position between G0575 or G1537 and G1519 or G4314; less intimate than G1722 and less close than G4862) With
good will εὐνοίας Kindness; euphemistically, conjugal duty good
doing service, δουλεύοντες To be a slave to (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary) doing service
as ὡς Which how, i.e., in that manner (very variously used, as follows) as
to κυρίῳ Supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title) to
the τῷ The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
Lord, κυρίῳ Supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title) Lord
and καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words and
not οὐκ The absolute negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not not
to men: ἀνθρώποις Man-faced, i.e., a human being men

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  • 5  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;

  • 6  Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

  • 7  With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:

  • 8  Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

  • 9  And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.




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