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serving as slavesδουλεύοντεςwithμετ’good willεὐνοίαςasὡςto the Lordτῷ κυρίῳandκαὶnotοὐκto men,ἀνθρώποις
Ephesians 6:7
Study it in the app“serving as slaves with good will as to the Lord and not to men,”
With the Greek beneath
Ephesians 6:7, word by word
- serving as slavesδουλεύοντεςdouleuontes
be a slave
Serve as a slave, be wholly at someone's service.
Where else “douleuontes” appears- good willεὐνοίαςeunoias
goodwill
Goodwill, a good attitude toward another.
Where else “eunoias” appears- to the Lordκυρίῳkyriōi
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyriōi” appears- to menἀνθρώποιςanthrōpois
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpois” appears
The context
6not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of the Messiah, doing the will of God from the soul,
7 · This verse (above)
8knowing that each one, whatever good he does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free.
To study Ephesians 6 in a group
1. What it says
What instructions does Paul give to children and to parents (v. 1-4)?
2. What it means
Paul describes God's armor piece by piece (v. 13-17). Why do you think he uses this image, and what does each piece stand for?
3. How I live it
Paul asks for prayer at all times and for all the saints (v. 18). Whom will you pray for today, and at what moment of the day?