Study it in the app“Slaves, obey in everything your masters according to the flesh, not with eye-service as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.”
Slaves,οἱ δοῦλοιobeyὑπακούετεinκατὰeverythingπάνταyourτοῖςmastersκυρίοιςaccording toκατὰthe flesh,σάρκαnotμὴwithἐνeye-serviceὀφθαλμοδουλίαιςasὡςpeople-pleasers,ἀνθρωπάρεσκοιbutἀλλ’withἐνsincerityἁπλότητιof heart,καρδίαςfearingφοβούμενοιthe Lord.τὸν κύριον
slave
A person who belongs to a master and serves him.
Where else “douloi” appearsobey
To listen and obey.
Where else “hypakouete” appearsmaster
The one who has something in his charge and rules over it.
Where else “kyriois” appearsflesh
The soft part of the body, of people or animals; also the body itself.
Where else “sarka” appearseye-service
Eye-service: working only when the master is watching.
Where else “ophthalmodouliais” appearspeople-pleaser
A people-pleaser, someone who seeks to please people rather than God.
Where else “anthrōpareskoi” appearssincerity
A heart without duplicity, with a single aim.
Where else “haplotēti” appearsheart
Heart: the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.
Where else “kardias” appearsrevere
To honor God with reverence.
Where else “phoboumenoi” appears21Fathers, do not provoke your children, so that they may not lose heart.
22 · This verse (above)
23Whatever you do, work at it from the soul, as for the Lord and not for people,
