Eph 6:5 | JFB | STEP | 5. Servants —literally, "slaves." masters according to the flesh —in contrast to your true and heavenly Master ( ). A consolatory him that the mastership to which they were subject, was but for a time [CHRYSOSTOM ]; and that their real liberty was still their own ( ). fear and trembling —not slavish terror, but (See on ; ) an anxious eagerness to do your duty, and a fear of displeasing, as great as is produced in the ordinary slave by "threatenings" ( ). singleness —without double-mindedness, or "eye service" ( ), which seeks to please outwardly, without the sincere desire to make the master's interest at all times the first consideration ( ). "Simplicity."

Ephesians 6:5

5. Servants—literally, "slaves."

masters according to the flesh—in contrast to your true and heavenly Master (Eph 6:4). A consolatory him that the mastership to which they were subject, was but for a time [CHRYSOSTOM]; and that their real liberty was still their own (1Co 7:22).

fear and trembling—not slavish terror, but (See on 1Co 2:3; 2Co 7:15) an anxious eagerness to do your duty, and a fear of displeasing, as great as is produced in the ordinary slave by "threatenings" (Eph 6:9).

singleness—without double-mindedness, or "eye service" (Eph 6:6), which seeks to please outwardly, without the sincere desire to make the master's interest at all times the first consideration (1Ch 29:17; Mt 6:22, 23; Lu 11:34). "Simplicity."