Ephesians 6:9

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And ye masters, do euen the same vnto the, puttynge awaye threatenynges, and knowe that euen youre master also is in heauen, nether is there eny respecte of personnes with him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ, οἱ κύριοι, τὰ αὐτὰ ποιεῖτε πρὸς αὐτούς, ἀνιέντες τὴν ἀπειλήν: εἰδότες ὅτι καὶ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν ὁ Κύριός ἐστιν ἐν οὐρανοῖς· καὶ προσωποληψία οὐκ ἔστιν παρʼ αὐτῷ.

Transliteration

And, the kyrioi, the same things poieite pros them, anientes the apeilēn: eidotes that also of you yourselves the Kyrios estin in ouranois; and prosōpolēpsia ouk estin par' him.

Grammar Details

• *kyrioi*: nominative, masculine, plural - masters/lords
• *poieite*: present imperative, 2nd person plural - do/practice [continuous command]
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - toward/to
• *anientes*: present participle, nominative, masculine, plural - giving up/forsaking [continuous action]
• *apeilēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - threatening/threat
• *eidotes*: perfect participle, nominative, masculine, plural - knowing [completed action with continuing results]
• *Kyrios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Lord/Master
• *estin*: present indicative, 3rd person singular - is
• *ouranois*: dative, masculine, plural - heavens
• *prosōpolēpsia*: nominative, feminine, singular - favoritism/partiality
• *ouk estin*: negative + present indicative, 3rd person singular - is not
• *par'*: preposition + dative - with/beside

Word Meanings

• *kyrioi*: masters/lords/owners
• *poieite*: do/practice/perform
• *pros*: toward/to/with regard to
• *anientes*: giving up/forsaking/refraining from
• *apeilēn*: threatening/threat/intimidation
• *eidotes*: knowing/understanding/being aware
• *Kyrios*: Lord/Master [divine title]
• *ouranois*: heavens/sky/celestial realm
• *prosōpolēpsia*: favoritism/partiality/respect of persons

Referenced Verses

• Acts 10:34 : 34 Peter opened his mouth, & sayde: Now perceaue I of a trueth, that God hath no respecte of personnes,
• Col 3:25-4:1 : 25 But he that doth wronge, shal receaue for the wronge that he hath done, for there is no respecte of persons (with God.) 1 Ye masters, do vnto youre seruauntes that which is iust and equall, and knowe, yt ye also haue a master in heauen.
• Jas 2:8 : 8 Yf ye fulfill the royall lawe acordinge to the scripture which saith: Thou shalt loue thyne neghbour as thyselfe, ye do well.
• John 13:13 : 13 Ye call me master and LORDE, and ye saye right therin, for so I am.
• Job 31:13-15 : 13 Dyd I euer thynke scorne to do right vnto my seruautes and maydens, when they had eny matter agaynst me? 14 But seynge that God wil sytt in iudgment, what shal I do? And for so moch as he wil nedes vyset me, what answere shal I geue him? 15 He that fashioned me in my mothers wombe, made he not him also? were we not both shappen alyke in oure mothers bodies?
• Deut 10:17 : 17 For the LORDE yor God is God of all goddes, & LORDE ouer all lordes, a greate God, mightie & terryble, which regardeth no personne, & taketh no giftes
• Matt 7:12 : 12 Therfore what soeuer ye wolde that me shulde do to you, eue so do ye to them. This ys the lawe and the Prophetes.
• Rom 2:11 : 11 For there is no respecte of personnes before God: Who so euer haue synned without lawe,
• 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 vnto the congregacion off God which is at Corinthum, to them that are sanctified in Christ Iesus, sayntes by callinge, with all them that call vpon the name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, in euery place both off theirs and oures.
• Luke 6:31 : 31 And as ye wolde that men shulde do vnto you, euen so do ye vnto them likewyse.
• Luke 12:45-46 : 45 But yf the same seruaut shal saye in his hert: Tush, it wil be longe or my lorde come, and shal begynne to smyte ye seruauntes and maydens, yee & to eate and drynke,& to be dronke: 46 the same seruauntes lorde shal come in a daye whan he loketh not for him, and in an houre that he is not aware of, & shal hew him in peces, and geue him his rewarde with the vnbeleuers.
• Lev 19:13 : 13 Thou shalt do yi neghboure no wronge, ner robbe him. The workmas laboure shal not byde with the vntyll the mornynge.
• Lev 25:39-46 : 39 Whan thy brother waxeth poore besyde the, and selleth himself vnto the, thou shalt not holde him as a bode ma: 40 but as an hyred seruaunte and as a soiourner shall he be wt the, and serue the vntyll ye yeare of Iubilye. 41 Then shal he departe lowse from the, & his childre with him, & shal returne to his awne kinred, and to his fathers possession: 42 for they are my seruauntes, whom I brought out of the londe of Egipte. Therfore shal they not be solde like bondmen. 43 And thou shalt not raigne ouer them with crueltie, but shalt feare thy God. 44 But yf thou wylt haue bode seruauntes and maydens, thou shalt bye them of the Heithen, that are rounde aboute you: 45 of the children of the soiourners and straungers amonge you, and of their generacions with you, and that are borne in youre londe, the same shal ye haue for bonde seruautes, 46 & shal possesse them, & youre children after you for an euerlastinge possession, these shalbe yor bondmen. But ouer youre brethren the children of Israel, there shall none of you raigne ouer another with crueltie.
• 1 Cor 7:22 : 22 For he that is called in the LORDE beynge a seruaute, is a fre man of the LORDE. Likewyse he that is called beynge fre, is a seruaut of Christ.
• Eph 6:5-7 : 5 Ye seruauntes, obey youre bodely masters, with feare and tremblynge, in synglenes of youre hert, euen as vnto Christ, 6 not with seruyce onely in the eye sighte, as men pleasers: but as the seruauntes off Christ, doynge the wyll off God from the hert 7 with good wyll. Thynke that ye serue the LORDE and not me:
• Phil 2:10-11 : 10 that in the name of Iesus euery kne shulde bowe, both of thinges in heauen of thinges vpo earth, and of thinges vnder the earth, 11 and that all tunges shulde confesse, that Iesus Christ is the LORDE vnto the prayse of God the father.
• Jas 2:13 : 13 For ther shalbe iudgement merciles to him that sheweth no mercy, & mercy reioiseth against iudgment.
• Jas 5:4 : 4 Beholde, the hyre of the labourers which haue reped downe youre feldes (which hyer is of you kept backe by fraude) cryeth: and the cryes of the which haue reped, are entred in to the eares of the LORDE Sabaoth.
• Matt 22:8 : 8 Then sayde he vnto his seruauntes: The mariage in dede is prepared, but the gestes were not worthy.
• Matt 22:10 : 10 And the seruauntes wete out in to the hye wayes, and gathered together as many as they coulde fynde, both good and bad, & the tables were all full.
• Matt 24:48 : 48 But and yf the euell seruaut shal saye in his hert: Tush, it wil be longe or my lorde come,
• Matt 24:51 : 51 and shal hew him in peces and geue him his rewarde with ypocrytes: there shal be waylinge and gnasshinge of teth.
• Deut 15:11-16 : 11 The londe shal neuer be without poore, therfore commaunde I the and saye, that thou open thine hande vnto thy brother, which is neady and poore in thy londe. 12 Yf thy brother an Hebrue or Hebruesse be solde vnto the, he shal serue the sixe yeare, in the seuenth yeare shalt thou let him go Fre. 13 And wha thou deliuerest him fre, thou shalt not let him go from the emptye, 14 but shalt geue him of thy shepe, of thy corne, and of yi wyne, so that thou geue him of that, which the LORDE thy God hath blessed the withall. 15 And remembre that thou also wast a seruaunte in the lode of Egipte, and how that the LORDE thy God delyuered the, therfore commaunde I the this thinge to daye. 16 But yf he saye vnto the: I wyll not go out awaye from the, for I loue ye and thine house (in so moch as he is well at ease with the)
• Deut 24:14-15 : 14 Thou shalt not withdrawe the hyre of ye nedye and poore amonge thy brethren, or straunger that is in thy londe, 15 or within thy gates, but shalt geue him his hyre the same daye, that the Sonne go not downe theron, for so moch as he is nedye, and his life susteyned therwith: that he call not vpon the LORDE agaynst the, and it be synne vnto the.
• 1 Sam 15:17 : 17 Samuel sayde: Whan thou wast but small in thine awne eyes, wast thou not ye heade amoge the trybes of Israel? & the LORDE anoynted the to be kynge ouer Israel?
• Neh 5:5 : 5 Now are oure brethrens bodies as oure awne bodies, and their children as oure children: els shulde we subdue oure sonnes and doughters vnto bondage, and some of oure doughters are subdued allready, and no strength is there in oure handes, and other men shal haue oure londes and vynyardes.
• Neh 5:8-9 : 8 and sayde vnto them: We (after oure abilyte) haue boughte oure brethren the Iewes, which were solde vnto the Heythen. And wyl ye sell youre brethren, whom we haue boughte vnto vs? Then helde they their peace, & coulde fynde nothinge to answere. 9 And I sayde: It is not good that ye do. Oughte ye not to walke in the feare of God, because of the rebuke of the Heythen oure enemies?
• Job 24:10-12 : 10 In so moch that they let them go naked without clothinge, and yet the hungrie beare the sheeues. 11 The poore are fayne to laboure in their oyle mylles, yee and to treade in their wyne presses, and yet to suffre thyrst. 12 The whole cite crieth vnto the LORDE with sighinge, the soules of the slayne make their complaynte: But God destroyeth them not for all this,
• Ps 140:12 : 12 Sure I am, that the LORDE wil auenge the poore, and manteyne the cause of the helplesse.
• Eccl 5:8 : 8 Yf thou seyst the poore to be oppressed and wrongeously dealt withall, so yt equite & the right of the lawe is wraisted in the londe: maruell not thou at soch iudgmet, for one greate ma kepeth touch with another, and the mightie helpe the selues together.
• Isa 47:6 : 6 I was so wroth with my people, yt I punyshed myne enheritaunce, and gaue them in to thy power. Neuertheles, thou shewdest them no mercy, but euen the very aged men of the, didest thou oppresse right sore with thy yock,
• Isa 58:3-6 : 3 Wherfore fast we (saye they) and thou seist it not? we put oure liues to straitnesse, and thou regardest it not? 4 Beholde, when ye fast, youre lust remayneth still: for ye do no lesse violence to youre detters: lo, ye fast to strife and debate, and to smyte him with youre fist, that speaketh vnto you. Ye fast not (as somtyme) that youre voyce might be herde aboue. 5 Thynke ye this fast pleaseth me, that a ma shulde chasten himself for a daye, and to wryth his heade aboute like an hoke in an hairy cloth, & to lye vpon the earth? Shulde that be called fastinge, or a daye yt pleaseth ye LORDE? 6 But this fastinge pleaseth not me, till ye tyme be thou lowse him out of bondage, that is in thy daunger: that thou breake the ooth of wicked bargaynes, that thou let the oppressed go fre, and take from them all maner of burthens.
• Dan 3:6 : 6 Who so then falleth not downe and boweth himself, shal euen the same houre be cast in to an hote burnynge ouen.
• Dan 3:15 : 15 wel, be redy herafter, when ye heare the noyse of the tropettes, blowne with the harpes, shawmes, psalteries, symphonies and all ye other melodies: that ye fall downe, and worshipe the ymage which I haue made. But yff ye worshipe it not, ye shal be cast immediatly in to an hote burnynge ouen. Let se, what god is there, yt maye delyuer you out of my hondes?
• Dan 5:19-20 : 19 so yt all people, kynreddes & tunges stode in awe & feare of him, by reason off the hye estate, that he had lent him. For why: he slewe, whom he wolde: he smote, whom it pleased him. Agayne: whom he wolde, he set vp: and whom he list, he put downe. 20 But because his herte was so proude, and his stomack set fast vnto wylfulnesse: he was deposed from his kyngly trone, and his magesty was taken from him.
• Amos 8:4-7 : 4 Heare this, O ye yt oppresse the poore, and destroye the nedy in ye londe, sayenge: 5 Whan will the new moneth be gone, that we maye sell vytale, and ye Sabbath, that we maye haue scarcenesse of corne: to make the bu?shel lesse, and the Sycle greater? 6 We shall set vp false waightes, yt we maye get the poore vnder vs with their money, and the nedy also for shues: yee let vs sell the chaffe for corne. 7 The LORDE hath sworne agaynst the pryde of Iacob: these workes of theirs will I neuer forget.
• Mal 3:5 : 5 I will come & punysh you, & I myself wil be a swift wytnes agaynst the witches, agaynst the aduouterers, agaynst false swearers: yee ad agaynst those, that wrogeously kepe backe the hyrelynges dewty: which vexe the wyddowes & the fatherlesse, & oppresse the straunger, and feare not me, sayeth the LORDE of hoostes.