The Christian in the Workplace & School

Rev. William Moody

Ephesians 6:5–9

Bondservants and Masters

Bondservants,1 obey your earthly masters2 with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free. Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master3 and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.

Footnotes

[1] 6:5 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; also verse 6; likewise for bondservant in verse 8
[2] 6:5 Or your masters according to the flesh
[3] 6:9 Greek Lord

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Please note: this sermon was preached before Brookside adopted the English Standard Version as our primary Bible translation, the wording above may differ from what is spoken on the recording.

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