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Verse 9. _YE MASTERS, DO THE SAME THINGS UNTO THEM_] Act in the same
affectionate, conscientious manner towards your slaves and servants,
as they do towards you.
_FORBEARING THREATENING_] If they sh...
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AND, YE MASTERS - The object of this is, to secure for servants a
proper treatment. It is evident, from this, that there were in the
Christian church those who were “masters;” and the most obvious
int...
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5. EXHORTATIONS TO SERVANTS AND MASTERS
CHAPTER 6:5-9
The servants exhorted were slaves. Slavery existed throughout the
Roman Empire at that time. Nowhere is slavery attacked in the New
Testament, no...
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EPHESIANS 5:22 TO EPHESIANS 6:9. SUBORDINATION IN THE FEAR OF CHRIST.
The principle is illustrated by the relation (_a)_ of wives to
husbands, (_b)_ of children to parents, (_c_) of slaves to masters....
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Slaves must render obedience to their earthly masters as unto Christ,
in a spirit of fear and reverence, and with undivided allegiance; not
trying merely to do such work as may pass muster before the...
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CHILDREN AND PARENTS (Ephesians 6:1-4)...
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Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in sincerity
of heart, as you would Christ himself. Do not work only when you are
being watched. Do not work only to satisfy men. But work as t...
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AND, YE MASTERS. The masters also.
FORBEARING. refraining from. See Acts 16:26 (loosed).
YOUR MASTER. The texts read, "both their Master and yours".
MASTER. App-98.
HEAVEN. heavens. See Matthew 6:9...
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_masters_ The Gr. is lit. "Lords." But English usage forbids that word
here. See last note; and the parallel passage, Colossians 4:1.
_do the same_things] Faithfully consult their true interests, be...
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The Christian Home: Servants and Masters
5. _Servants_ BONDSERVANTS, SLAVES. Cp. Colossians 3:22-25; and see 1
Corinthians 7:21-22; 1 Timothy 6:1-2;...
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Ephesians 5:22 to Ephesians 6:9. HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS IN CHRISTIAN
LIGHT
Cf. Colossians 3:18 to Colossians 4:1;...
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SLAVES AND MASTERS
Cf. Colossians 3:22 to Colossians 4:1; 1 Peter 2:18-25; _Didachè_ IV.
On the attitude of Christianity to the institution of Slavery, see
Lightfoot, _Col._ pp. 323 ff., Benson, Chris...
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ΤᾺ ΑΥ̓ΤᾺ ΠΟΙΕΙ͂ΤΕ. τὸ αὐτὸ φρονεῖν
is fairly frequent in St Paul Romans 12:16; Romans 15:5; 2 Corinthians
13:11; Philippians 2:2;...
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ΠΟΙΕΊΤΕ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ, _см._ Ephesians
6:8.
ΆΝΙΈΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΆΝΊΗΜΙ (G447)
отпускать, расслаблять (RWP).
ΆΠΕΙΛΉ (G547) принуждение,
ΠΡΟΣΩΠΟΛΗΜΨΊΑ (G4382) предпочтение
к...
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FORBEARING THREATENING:— "Forbearing not only cruel and dangerous
blows, butallsevere and rigorous threatening; and every thing of an
over-hasty and tyrannical conduct." Mr. Locke paraphrases it:
"For...
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_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 6:1-9)
C.
Subject yourselves one to another. Ephesians 5:21-33; Ephesians 6:1-9
3.
Children and fathers....
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(6:9) If the slave is to grant respect and concern to the master, the
master is commanded "not to threaten them". This is because the
"Master...in heaven", the Lord Jesus, is Lord over all and does no...
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And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing
threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is
there respect of persons with him.
THE SAME THINGS - mutatis mutandis....
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The Joint Body-In the Lord
32 There are three secrets in Ephesians: the secret of Christ
(Eph_1:9), the secret administration (Eph_3:9) and the secret of
marriage, here referred to. The physical...
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'Masters, like husbands and parents, have _their_ obligations; they
also must have good-temper and goodwill, and be God-fearing.' St. Paul
does not tell them to emancipate their slaves; but he tells t...
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RULES FOR THE FAMILY. THE CHRISTIAN'S AEMOUE
1-4. Second illustration of orderly subordination: the relation
between children and parents....
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CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR
EPHESIANS
_LES PAINTER (BIBLE TEXT BY CYNTHIA GREEN)_
CHAPTER 6
6:1-4 ~ CHILDREN AND PARENTS
V1 Children, you must obey your parents. This is because the *Lord
has...
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DO THE SAME THINGS UNTO THEM — _i.e._, treat them as flesh and blood
like yourselves, having, as men, the same claims on you as you on
them; “do unto them as ye would that they should do unto you.” Th...
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(4 _c._) In Ephesians 6:5 the hardest form of subjection, that of
slaves to masters, is dealt with, still under the same idea that both
are “in Christ.” The slave is the servant of Christ in obeying h...
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[5.
Practical Exhortation continued (Ephesians 5:22 to Ephesians 6:9).
(4)
THE BEARING OF THE TRUTH OF UNITY ON THE THREE GREAT RELATIONS OF
LIFE.
(_a_)
_Between husbands and wives_ — a relation w...
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CHAPTER 27
THE CHRISTIAN HOUSEHOLD
Ephesians 6:1
THE Christian family is the cradle and the fortress of the Christian
faith. Here its virtues shine most brightly; and by this channel its
influence s...
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Other relative duties those of masters and servants. With this compare
the paragraph in the sister Epistle, Colossians 3:22 to Colossians
4:1, and the statement in 1 Peter 2:18-25....
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καὶ οἱ Κύριοι, τὰ αὐτὰ ποιεῖτε πρός
αὐτούς : _and ye masters_ [or _lords_, RV marg.], _do the same
things unto them_. The καί has the same force as in Ephesians 6:4
above. The duty of the masters is a...
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CHILDREN AND PARENTS; SERVANTS AND MASTERS
Ephesians 6:1
Where our religion is true, it will affect every relationship in life.
The love of Christ must find its manifestation in nursery and in
kitch...
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The teaching now turned to the next relationship of importance in the
Christian household-the relationship of parents and children. Children
are to yield obedience, and thus be set free from all care...
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(11) And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing
threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is
there (f) respect of persons with him.
(11) It is the duty of master...
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_Forbearing threatenings; forbearing, and remitting the punishments
which you might perhaps threaten them with, and they deserve.
(Witham)_...
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(1) В¶ Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
(2) Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with
promise;) (3) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest l...
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In this epistle we have the unfolding of the grace of God in all its
fulness, not merely the application of His righteousness to man's need
on His part, but God from out of Himself, and for Himself, a...
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I. INTRODUCTION
A. In the last 2 studies, we discovered what the Lord expects from a
Christian wife and a Christian husband.
1. In this whole 6-part study on Christian Behavior, we have learned
the...
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9._And ye masters. _In the treatment of their slaves, the laws granted
to masters a vast amount of power. Whatever had thus been sanctioned
by the civil code was regarded by many as in itself lawful....
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But it is not only that there is a line of conduct to follow, a model
to imitate, a Spirit with whom one may be filled, it is not only
relationships between oneself and God, and those in which we stan...
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AND YE MASTERS DO THE SAME THINGS UNTO THEM,.... This does not refer
to service and obedience, but to singleness of heart, benevolence,
humanity, and a regard to Christ, and the will of God, and to th...
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And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening:
knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect
of persons with him.
Ver. 9. _Do the same things_] That is,...
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_And ye masters_ On the other hand; _do the same things unto them_
That is, act toward them from the same principle, and after the same
just and equitable manner, having an eye to the will and glory o...
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DO THE SAME THINGS; be governed by the same supreme regard to God
which is inculcated on servants, and manifest the same kind,
benevolent, and cheerful readiness to please God in your conduct
towards...
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The duties of servants and masters:...
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AND YE MASTERS, DO THE SAME THINGS UNTO THEM, FOR BEARING THREATENING,
KNOWING THAT YOUR MASTER ALSO IS IN HEAVEN; NEITHER IS THERE RESPECT
OF PERSONS WITH HIM.
This admonition is not confined to dome...
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PARENTS AND CHILDREN
(vs.1-4)
Children are next addressed. The instruction is simple and
uncomplicated. They are to obey their parents in the Lord, that is, as
subject to the Lord's authority. False...
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CHAPTER 6
______________ must obey their parents. Parents must give direction
that is in the __________. This is God's plan from the creation and it
is __________.
Children are to __________ their p...
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FORBEARING:
Or, moderating
YOUR MASTER ALSO:
Some read, both your, and their master...
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“And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, and forbear
threatening: knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in
heaven, and there is no respect of persons with Him”
“Masters”: CHRIST...
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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
le...
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AND, YE MASTERS, DO THE SAME THINGS UNTO THEM; not the same in
special, which belong only to servants, but in general, which concern
you no less than them, viz. do your duty to them with good will, wi...
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Epistle of Barnabas
reverence that God who is above both; for He came to call men not
according to their outward appearance,[259]
Tertullian On Exhortation to Chastity
nor is there exception of per...
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Ephesians 6:9 And G2532 masters G2962 do G4160 (G5720) things G846 to
G4314 them G846 up G447 ...
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‘And you masters, do the same things to them, and forebear
threatening, knowing that both their Master and yours is in heaven and
there is no respect of persons with him.'
The bosses and masters are a...
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Ephesians 6:9. AND YE MASTERS. The position and authority is
recognized.
Do THE SAME THINGS TO-WARDS THEM. ‘The Apostle had stooped to the
slave, and he was not afraid to speak with erect attitude to...
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IV. SPECIAL CHRISTIAN DUTIES IN HOUSEHOLD RELATIONS.
(1.) Of wives and husbands; chap. Ephesians 5:22-33. (2.) Of children
and parents; chap. Ephesians 6:1-4. (3.). Of servants and masters;
chap. Ephe...
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3. _Christian Duties of Servants and Masters_.
The precepts for the subordinate class come first, but both are
exhorted as Christians; the servants to serve as to the Lord, the
masters to rule as hav...
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AND FORBEAR THREATENING
(ανιεντες την απειλην). Present active participle of
ανιημ, old verb, to loosen up, to relax. "Letting up on
threatening." Απειλη is old word for threat, in N.T. only here
a...
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Ephesians 6
I. The Apostle compares the struggles of a Christian against the
enemies of his soul to the warfare of a soldier against the enemies of
his country. What are the spiritual truths, the Chri...
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Ephesians 6:1. _Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is
right._
Fitting by nature, and pleasing in the sight of God.
Ephesians 6:2. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first
comm...
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CONTENTS: Domestic life of Spirit-filled believers. Warfare of the
believer.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Satan, Tychicus.
CONCLUSION: The Christian life is a warfare, a struggle not o...
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Ephesians 6:1. _Children, obey your parents,_ because they are your
parents, who gave you birth, and nourished you with food and fond
affection in all your tender years. Their age and experience quali...
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MASTERS. "Like parents, masters have obligations as well as rights.
Let your reverence for Christ guide you in your behavior toward your
slaves. Remember that all of you have been bought with a price...
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EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 6:9 MASTERS were not to take advantage
of their authority by THREATENING their bondservants. There is no
PARTIALITY with the Lord (see...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Ephesians 6:5. SERVANTS, BE OBEDIENT.—R.V. margin,
“bond-servants.” There was One who had “become obedient even
unto death,” having taken “the form of a bond-servant”...
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EXPOSITION
EPHESIANS 6:1
CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN THE LORD: FOR THIS IS RIGHT. The first
duty of children is obedience, and "in the Lord," _i.e. _in Christ,
this duty is confirmed. The ἐν Κυρ...
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Now parent-child relationships,
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right (Ephesians
6:1).
That "in the Lord" I think is important. If your parents are not godly
and if your parents...
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1 Corinthians 1:2; 1 Corinthians 7:22; 1 Samuel 15:17; Acts 10:34;...
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Forbearing [α ν ι ε ν τ ε ς]. See on the kindred noun anesiv,
A. V., liberty, Acts 24:23.
Threatening [τ η ν α π ε ι λ η ν]. Note the article, the
threatening customary from the master to the slave....
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Do the same things to them — That is, act toward them from the same
principle. Forbearing threatening — Behaving with gentleness and
humanity, not in a harsh or domineering way....
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Here the master's duty to his servant is directed to, both generally,
and more particularly; in general, he directs masters TO DO THE SAME
THINGS TO their servants; not the same things for kind, but f...