Servants, be obedient to them that are [your] masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Serviteurs, obéissez à vos maîtres selon la chair, avec crainte et tremblement, dans la simplicité de votre coeur, comme à Christ,
KJV
Servants, be obedient to them that are [your] masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
"law of the Lord is unspotted" ( Ps. 18:8 ). Yet fear is commanded in God's law, for it is written ( Eph. 6:5 ): "Servants, be obedient to them that are your lords according to the flesh, with fear and trembling." Therefore fear is not a sin. Objection 3: Further, nothing that is…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 96 (Migne)
aedicet, dicens: Servi, obedite dominis carnalibus cum timore et tremore, necnon: Uxor timeat virum (Ephes. VI, 5; V, 33) ? RESPONSIO. Cum uxores viris, et servi dominis cum timore servire jubentur, quid aliud quam ad Deum timor [Col. 0647D] ipse refertur, a quo eis subject…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 100 (Migne)
fiant actiones: Obedientes praepositis vestris, non ad oculum tantum, sed ex corde, quasi coram Deo (Ephes. VI, 5, 6) . Obedientia vestra, charitas vestra, humilitas [Col. 0384A] vestra notae sint omnibus, ut plurimi vestris bonis exemplis erudiantur, et proficiant in salute ani…
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