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Gill's Exposition
With good will doing service,.... To their masters; not grudgingly, with an ill will; no otherwise, nor longer than when they are forced to it; but of a ready mind, and with a cheerful spirit, taking…
Barnes' Notes
As to the Lord, and not to men - That is, he should regard his lot in life as having been ordered by Divine Providence for some wise and good purpose; and until he may be permitted to enjoy his…
Adam Clarke
With good will - Μετ' ευνοιας· With cheerfulness; do not take up your service as a cross, or bear it as a burden; but take it as coming in the order of God's providence, and a thing that is pleasing…
Here we have further directions concerning relative duties, in which the apostle is very particular.
I. The duty of children to their parents. Come, you children, hearken to me, I will teach you the…
The Christian Home: Servants and Masters
5. Servants Bondservants, slaves. Cp. Col 3:22-25; and see 1Co 7:21-22; 1Ti 6:1-2; Tit 2:9-10; Philemon; 1Pe 2:18-25. The Gospel nowhere explicitly condemns…
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