Ephesians 6:6 Parallel Translations

Don't obey them only while you're being watched, as if you merely wanted to please people. But obey like slaves who belong to Christ, who have a deep desire to do what God wants them to do.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

BBE:

Not only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart;

DBY:

not with eye-service as men-pleasers; but as bondmen of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul,

ERV:

not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

WEY:

Let 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.

WBS:

Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

WEB:

not 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;

YLT:

not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of soul,

Ephesians 6:6 Cross References

XREF:

Mark 3:35 "For whoever does the will of God, he is My brother and sister and mother."

1 Corinthians 7:22 For he who was called in the Lord while a slave, is the Lord's freedman; likewise he who was called while free, is Christ's slave.

Galatians 1:10 For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ.

Colossians 3:22 Slaves, in all things obey those who are your masters on earth, not with external service, as those who merely please men, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

6:6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, {9} doing the will of God from the heart;
(9) To cut off occasion of all pretences, he teaches us that it is God's will that some are either born or made servants, and therefore they must respect God's will although their service is ever so hard.

PNT:

6:6 Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers. Service that seems faithful when under the eye of the master, but relaxes when he does not see. Such is the usual service of slaves, unless they have a high sense of duty.

WES:

6:6 Not with eye - service - Serving them better when under their eye than at other times. But doing the will of God from the heart - Doing whatever you do, as the will of God, and with your might.

MHC:

6:5-9 The duty of servants is summed up in one word, obedience. The servants of old were generally slaves. The apostles were to teach servants and masters their duties, in doing which evils would be lessened, till slavery should be rooted out by the influence of Christianity. Servants are to reverence those over them. They are to be sincere; not pretending obedience when they mean to disobey, but serving faithfully. And they must serve their masters not only when their master's eye is upon them; but must be strict in the discharge of their duty, when he is absent and out of the way. Steady regard to the Lord Jesus Christ will make men faithful and sincere in every station, not grudgingly or by constraint, but from a principle of love to the masters and their concerns. This makes service easy to them, pleasing to their masters, and acceptable to the Lord Christ. God will reward even the meanest drudgery done from a sense of duty, and with a view to glorify him. Here is the duty of masters. Act after the same manner. Be just to servants, as you expect they should be to you; show the like good-will and concern for them, and be careful herein to approve yourselves to God. Be not tyrannical and overbearing. You have a Master to obey, and you and they are but fellow-servants in respect to Christ Jesus. If masters and servants would consider their duties to God, and the account they must shortly give to him, they would be more mindful of their duty to each other, and thus families would be more orderly and happy.

CONC:

Acts Bondmen Bondservants Christ Christ's Eye Eyeservice Eye-service Favor God's Heart Master's Menpleasers Men-pleasers Please Pleasers Pleasure Servants Service Slaves Soul Win

Acts Bondmen Bondservants Christ Christ's Eye Eyes Eyeservice Eye-Service Favor God's Heart Menpleasers Men-Pleasers Obey Please Pleasers Pleasure Servants Service Slaves Soul Way Win

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