Ephesians 6:7 KJV — MannaFest

Ephesians 6:7

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

KJV

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ASV

with good will doing service, as unto the Lord, and not unto men:

WEB

Serve with good will, as to the Lord and not to men,

YLT

with good-will serving, as to the Lord, and not to men,

DBT

serving with good will as to the Lord, and not to men;

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Ephesians — The cosmic letter. Chapters 1–3 set out what believers are in Christ — positional truth stretching from before the foundation to the fullness of times. Chapters 4–6 call the believer to walk worthy of it.

Author: Paul (1:1)
Date: c. AD 60–62, from Roman imprisonment

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Colossians 3:23
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
1 Corinthians 10:31
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Ephesians 6:5–6
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;
2 Kings 5:13
And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
Genesis 31:38–40
This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.

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Service done to their earthly masters, with an eye to him, becomes acceptable service to him also. To have an eye to Christ is to remember that he sees them and is ever present with them, and that his authority obliges them to a faithful and conscientious discharge of the duties of their station.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Observe, Service, performed with conscience, and from a regard to God, though it be to unrighteous masters, will be accounted by Christ as service done to himself. Let faithful servants trust God for their wages, while they do their duty in his fear: Knowing that whatsoever good thing (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

He exhorts and directs Christians how to behave themselves in the spiritual warfare with the enemies of their souls; and to the exercise of several Christian graces, which he proposes to them as so many pieces of spiritual armour, to preserve and defend them in the conflict,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

good will--expressing his feeling towards his master; as "doing the will of God from the heart" expresses the source of that feeling (Col 3:23). "Good will" is stated by XENOPHON [Economics] to be the principal virtue of a slave towards his master: a real regard to his master's interest as if his own, a good will which not even a master's severity can extinguish.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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EPH 6:7COL 3:23 COL 3:17
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EPH 6:7COL 3:23 EPH 6:6-7
EPH 6:71CO 10:31 COL 3:23
EPH 6:7COL 3:23 ROM 14:8
EPH 6:7COL 3:23 2CH 31:21
EPH 6:7COL 3:23 ECC 9:10
EPH 6:71CO 10:31 1PE 4:11
EPH 6:71CO 10:31 DEU 12:7

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