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Eph. 6:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
, ye
poieo (Greek #4160)
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
KJV usage: abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield. Compare 4238.
Pronounce: poy-eh'-o
Origin: apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary
masters
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
kurios (Greek #2962)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
KJV usage: God, Lord, master, Sir.
Pronounce: koo'-ree-os
Origin: from κῦρος (supremacy)
, do
poieo (Greek #4160)
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
KJV usage: abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield. Compare 4238.
Pronounce: poy-eh'-o
Origin: apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary
the same things
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
unto
pros (Greek #4314)
a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e. pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e. whither or for which it is predicated)
KJV usage: about, according to , against, among, at, because of, before, between, (where-)by, for, X at thy house, in, for intent, nigh unto, of, which pertain to, that, to (the end that), X together, to (you) -ward, unto, with(-in). In the comparative case, it denotes essentially the same applications, namely, motion towards, accession to, or nearness at.
Pronounce: pros
Origin: a strengthened form of 4253
them
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
, βforbearing
aniemi (Greek #447)
to let up, i.e. (literally) slacken or (figuratively) desert, desist from
KJV usage: forbear, leave, loose.
Pronounce: an-ee'-ay-mee
Origin: from 303 and ἵημι (to send)
threatening
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
apeile (Greek #547)
a menace
KJV usage: X straitly, threatening.
Pronounce: ap-i-lay'
Origin: from 546
: knowing
eido (Greek #1492)
used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent 3700 and 3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know
KJV usage: be aware, behold, X can (+ not tell), consider, (have) know(-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot. Compare 3700.
Pronounce: i'-do
Origin: a primary verb
that
hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
γyour
humon (Greek #5216)
of (from or concerning) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your (own, -selves).
Pronounce: hoo-mone'
Origin: genitive case of 5210
Master
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
kurios (Greek #2962)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
KJV usage: God, Lord, master, Sir.
Pronounce: koo'-ree-os
Origin: from κῦρος (supremacy)
also
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
is
esti (Greek #2076)
he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are
KJV usage: are, be(-long), call, X can(-not), come, consisteth, X dure for a while, + follow, X have, (that) is (to say), make, meaneth, X must needs, + profit, + remaineth, + wrestle.
Pronounce: es-tee'
Origin: third person singular present indicative of 1510
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
heaven
ouranos (Greek #3772)
the sky; by extension, heaven (as the abode of God); by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel (Christianity)
KJV usage: air, heaven(-ly), sky.
Pronounce: oo-ran-os'
Origin: perhaps from the same as 3735 (through the idea of elevation)
; neither
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
ou (Greek #3756)
the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or not
KJV usage: + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also 3364, 3372.
Pronounce: oo
Origin: οὐκ (ook), and (before an aspirate) οὐχ (ookh) a primary word
is there
esti (Greek #2076)
he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are
KJV usage: are, be(-long), call, X can(-not), come, consisteth, X dure for a while, + follow, X have, (that) is (to say), make, meaneth, X must needs, + profit, + remaineth, + wrestle.
Pronounce: es-tee'
Origin: third person singular present indicative of 1510
respectf of persons
prosopolepsia (Greek #4382)
partiality, i.e. favoritism
KJV usage: respect of persons.
Pronounce: pros-o-pol-ape-see'-ah
Origin: from 4381
with
para (Greek #3844)
properly, near; i.e. (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subjectively), (with accusative case) to the proximity with (local (especially beyond or opposed to) or causal (on account of)
KJV usage: above, against, among, at, before, by, contrary to, X friend, from, + give (such things as they), + that (she) had, X his, in, more than, nigh unto, (out) of, past, save, side...by, in the sight of, than, (there-)fore, with. In compounds it retains the same variety of application.
Pronounce: par-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition
him
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
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β
or, moderating.
γ
some read, both your and their.
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Rom. 2:11• 11for there is no regard of person with God. (Rom. 2:11)

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Lev. 19:13• 13Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour, nor rob him. The wages of the hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. (Lev. 19:13)
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Lev. 25:39‑46• 39And if thy brother grow poor beside thee, and be sold to thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond-servant:
 40as a hired servant, as a sojourner, he shall be with thee; until the year of jubilee he shall serve with thee.
 41And he shall go out from thee, he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his father he shall return.
 42For they [are] my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as they sell bondmen.
 43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, and thou shalt fear thy God.
 44And thy bondmen and thy bondmaids whom thou shalt have—of the nations that are round about you—of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
 45Moreover of the children of those that dwell as sojourners with you, of them shall ye buy and of their families that [are] with you, which they beget in your land; and they shall be your possession.
 46And ye shall make them as an inheritance to your children after you, to inherit as a possession: these ye shall make your bondmen forever; but your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigor. (Lev. 25:39‑46)
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Deut. 15:11‑16• 11{i}For the needy shall never cease from within the land; therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto thy brother, to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land.{/i}
 12{i}If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, have been sold unto thee, he shall serve thee six years, and in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.{/i}
 13{i}And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty;{/i}
 14{i}thou shalt certainly furnish him from thy sheep, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of what Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee with shalt thou give unto him.{/i}
 15{i}And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and that Jehovah thy God redeemed thee; therefore I command thee this thing today.{/i}
 16{i}And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee, —because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee, —{/i} (Deut. 15:11‑16)
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Deut. 24:14‑15• 14{i}Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners who are in thy land within thy gates:{/i}
 15{i}on his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and his soul yearneth after it; lest he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be a sin in thee.{/i} (Deut. 24:14‑15)
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Neh. 5:5,8‑9• 5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters {i}to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already; neither is it in the power of our hand to redeem them, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.{/i}
 8And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye, even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
 9Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies? (Neh. 5:5,8‑9)
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Job 24:10‑12• 10Naked they go without clothing,{HR}And hungry they bear the sheaf,
 11They make oil within their walls,{HR}They tread wine-vats and they thirst.
 12Out of the city mortals groan,{HR}And the soul of the wounded crieth out;{HR}Yet God regardeth not the folly! (Job 24:10‑12)
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Job 31:13‑15• 13If I despised the right of my bondman{HR}Or of my bondmaid, in their contending with me,
 14What then shall I do when God [El] ariseth?{HR}And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
 15In the belly did not he that made me make him?{HR}And did not One fashion us in the womb? (Job 31:13‑15)
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Isa. 47:6• 6I was wroth with my people, I profaned mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke. (Isa. 47:6)
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Isa. 58:3‑6• 3Wherefore have we fasted, [say they,] and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find [your own] pleasure, and exact all your labours.
 4Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye fast not [this] day to cause your voice to be heard on high.
 5Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul—that he should bow down his head as a rush, and spread sackcloth and ashes [under him]? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Jehovah?
 6[Is] not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? (Isa. 58:3‑6)
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Amos 8:4‑7• 4{i}Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land,{/i}
 5{i}saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances for deceit:{/i}
 6{i}that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and that we may sell the refuse of the wheat.{/i}
 7{i}Jehovah hath sworn by the glory of Jacob, Certainly I will never forget any of their works.{/i} (Amos 8:4‑7)
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Mal. 3:5• 5And I will come near to you to judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 3:5)
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Col. 4:1• 1Masters, justice and equity accord to your bondmen, knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. (Col. 4:1)
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James 5:4• 4Behold, the hire of the labourers who reaped your fields, that is kept back of you crieth out, and the cries of those that reaped entered into the ears of Jehovah of hosts. (James 5:4)
the same.
Eph. 6:5‑7• 5Bondmen, obey your masters according to flesh with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to the Christ;
 6not with eye-service as men-pleasers but as bondmen of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul,
 7with good-will doing service as to the Lord and not to men; (Eph. 6:5‑7)
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Matt. 7:12• 12Therefore all things whatsoever ye desire that men should do to you, thus do ye also to them; for this is the law and the prophets. (Matt. 7:12)
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Luke 6:31• 31{i}and{/i} as ye wish that men should do to you, do ye also to them in like manner: (Luke 6:31)
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James 2:8,13• 8If however ye fulfil law royal according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well;
 13for the judgment [is] merciless to him that showed no mercy. Mercy glorieth over judgment. (James 2:8,13)
forbearing.
or, moderating.
Lev. 25:43• 43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, and thou shalt fear thy God. (Lev. 25:43)
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1 Sam. 15:17• 17And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and Jehovah anointed thee king over Israel? (1 Sam. 15:17)
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Dan. 3:6,15• 6{i}and{/i} whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
 15Now, if ye be ready, that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, {i}and all kinds of music{/i}, ye fall down and worship the image that I have made, well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace, and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? (Dan. 3:6,15)
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Dan. 5:19‑20• 19{i}and for the greatness that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he exalted, and whom he would he humbled.{/i}
 20{i}But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit hardened unto presumption, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom, and they took his glory from him;{/i} (Dan. 5:19‑20)
knowing.
Psa. 140:12• 12I know that Jehovah will maintain the poor one's cause,{HR}The right of the needy. (Psa. 140:12)
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Eccl. 5:8• 8If thou seest the oppression of the poor,{HR}And the violent taking away of judgment{HR}And justice in a province,{HR}Marvel not at the matter:{HR}For one higher than the high regardeth;{HR}And there are higher than they. (Eccl. 5:8)
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Matt. 22:8,10• 8Then saith he to his bondmen, The marriage-feast is ready, but those that were called were not worthy.
 10And those bondmen went out to the roads, and gathered together all as many as they found, both wicked and good; and the marriage-feast was filled with guests. (Matt. 22:8,10)
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Matt. 24:48,51• 48But if that evil bondman shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth;
 51and shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. (Matt. 24:48,51)
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Luke 12:45‑46• 45But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,
 46the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he doth not expect it, and in an hour he knoweth not of, and shall cut him in two, and appoint his portion with the unbelievers. (Luke 12:45‑46)
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John 13:13• 13Ye call me the Teacher and the Lord, and ye say well, for I am. (John 13:13)
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1 Cor. 7:22• 22For the bondman called in [the] Lord is [the] Lord's freedman; likewise, he that was called free is Christ's bondman. (1 Cor. 7:22)
your Master.Some read, both your and their Master.
1 Cor. 1:2• 2to the assembly of God that is in Corinth, c [persons] sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all that call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, theirs and ours; (1 Cor. 1:2)
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Phil. 2:10‑11• 10that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of heavenly and earthly and infernal [beings],
 11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, unto God [the] Father's glory. (Phil. 2:10‑11)
neither.
Acts 10:34• 34And Peter opened his mouth and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons (Acts 10:34)
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Rom. 2:11• 11for there is no regard of person with God. (Rom. 2:11)
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Col. 3:25• 25For he that doeth wrongfully shall receive what he did wrongfully, and there is no respect of persons. (Col. 3:25)
• The masters are called to impartial equity, doing as they would be done by, and abstaining from the threats so natural toward a poor slave. (“Remarks on Ephesians 6:1-9” by W. Kelly)
• The master was also to treat the slave with perfect equity—even as he expected it from the slave—and was not to threaten. (“Ephesians 6” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And, masters, do the same things towards them, giving up threatening, knowing that both their and your Master is in heaven, and there is no acceptance of persons with him.

W. Kelly Translation

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And, masters, do the same things toward them, giving up threatening, knowing that the master both of them and of you is in [the] heavensa; and there is no respect of persons with him.

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