Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear and sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.
Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to tho
Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through H
Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name.
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continu
All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as fully worthy of honor, so that God’s name and our t
No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despi
when they see your pure and reverent demeanor.
no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a beloved brother. He is especially beloved to me, but even more so to
For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relatio
Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.
For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he
When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his atten
So the angel of the LORD told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.”
For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and h
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress,
I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ
Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the E
And his affection for you is even greater when he remembers that you were all obedient as you welcomed him with fear and
The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.
With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their
I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.