Servants; these servants were generally slaves: Christian liberty doth not take away civil servitude. Be obedient to them that are your masters; whether good or bad, as 1 Peter 2:18, is expressly said. According to the flesh; as to your outward state, not as to your souls and consciences. With fear and trembling; either with reverence and fear of offending them, and being punished by them, see Romans 13:4; or rather, with humility, as appears by Psalms 2:11 1 Corinthians 2:3 2 Corinthians 7:15 Philippians 2:12: compare Romans 11:20. In singleness of your heart; sincerity, and without guile. As unto Christ, who hath commanded this obedience, and whom ye obey in yielding it to your masters.
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Ephesians 6:5
5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;