Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
non pas seulement sous leurs yeux, comme pour plaire aux hommes, mais comme des serviteurs de Christ, qui font de bon coeur la volonté de Dieu.
KJV
Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
l his duty, if some danger were threatening. For this is what is meant by "not serving to the eye" ( Eph. 6:6 ; Col. 3:22 ) which is the Apostle's command to servants. Reply to Objection 4: A husband should not dissuade his wife from asking for the debt, except for a reasonable c…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 120 (Migne)
t ipse alibi, ut servi dominis suis non ad oculum placentes sint monet, sed velut Domino servientes (Ephes. VI, 6) . Et ut beatus Petrus apostolus ait, non tantum bonis et modestis, sed etiam dyscolis omni timore Domini servire convenit (I Petr. II, 18) , ut per omnia Deo devota…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 120 (Migne)
ostoli: Servi subditi in omni timore dominis (I Petr. II, 18) , et obedite non ad oculum servientes (Ephes. VI, 6) , scientes quoniam unum Dominum in coelis habetis (Coloss. IV, 1) . Sciebat ergo hunc communem Dominum esse Jesum Christum; et ideo plenus fide ac charitate, devotus…
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