Ephesians 6:6

Geneva Bible (1560)

Not with seruice to the eye, as men pleasers, but as the seruants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

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  • Col 3:22-23 : 22 Seruants, be obedient vnto them that are your masters according to the flesh, in all things, not with eye seruice as men pleasers, but in singlenes of heart, fearing God. 23 And whatsoeuer ye doe, doe it heartily, as to the Lord, and not to men,
  • 1 Thess 2:4 : 4 But as we were allowed of God, that the Gospel should be committed vnto vs, so we speake, not as they that please men, but God, which approoueth our hearts.
  • Gal 1:10 : 10 For nowe preach I mans doctrine, or Gods? or go I about to please men? for if I should yet please men, I were not the seruant of Christ.
  • Phil 2:12 : 12 Wherefore my beloued, as ye haue alwayes obeyed me, not as in my presence only, but now much more in mine absence, so make an end of your owne saluation with feare and trembling.
  • Matt 7:21 : 21 Not euery one that sayeth vnto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdome of heauen, but he that doeth my Fathers will which is in heauen.
  • Matt 12:50 : 50 For whosoeuer shall doe my Fathers will which is in heauen, the same is my brother and sister and mother.
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 Make you perfect in all good workes, to doe his will, working in you that which is pleasant in his sight through Iesus Christ, to whom be praise for euer and euer, Amen.
  • 1 Pet 4:2 : 2 That he hence forward should liue (as much time as remaineth in the flesh) not after the lusts of men, but after the will of God.
  • Heb 10:36 : 36 For ye haue neede of patience, that after ye haue done the will of God, ye might receiue the promes.
  • Rom 6:17 : 17 But God be thanked, that ye haue beene the seruants of sinne, but yee haue obeyed from the heart vnto the forme of the doctrine, wherunto ye were deliuered.
  • Jer 24:7 : 7 And I will giue them an heart to knowe me, that I am the Lord, & they shalbe my people, and I wil be their God: for they shal returne vnto mee with their whole heart.
  • Col 1:9 : 9 For this cause wee also, since the day wee heard of it, cease not to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be fulfilled with knowledge of his will in all wisdome, and spirituall vnderstanding,
  • Eph 5:17 : 17 Wherefore, be ye not vnwise, but vnderstand what the will of the Lord is.
  • Jer 3:10 : 10 Neuerthelesse for all this, her rebellious sister Iudah hath not returned vnto mee with her whole heart, but fainedly, sayth the Lord.
  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras the seruant of Christ, which is one of you, saluteth you, and alwayes striueth for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect, and full in all the will of God.
  • 1 John 2:17 : 17 And this world passeth away, & the lust thereof: but he that fulfilleth the will of God, abideth euer.
  • 1 Pet 2:15 : 15 For so is the will of God, that by well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men,

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    9 And ye masters, doe the same things vnto them, putting away threatning: and know that euen your master also is in heauen, neither is there respect of person with him.

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    15 For so is the will of God, that by well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men,

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    1 Let as many seruaunts as are vnder the yoke, count their masters worthie of all honour, that the Name of God, and his doctrine be not euill spoken of.

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    10 For nowe preach I mans doctrine, or Gods? or go I about to please men? for if I should yet please men, I were not the seruant of Christ.

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