Ephesians 6:9

Masters, ¹  treat your slaves ²  the same way, ³  giving up the use of threats, ⁴  because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, ⁵  and there is no favoritism with him.

Le 19:13; Le 25:39-46; Le 25:43; De 15:11-16; De 24:14,15; 1Sa 15:17; Ne 5:5,8,9; Job 24:10-12; Job 31:13-15; Ps 140:12; Ec 5:8; Isa 47:6; Isa 58:3-6; Da 3:6,15; Da 5:19,20; Am 8:4-7; Mal 3:5; Mt 7:12; Mt 22:8,10; Mt 24:48,51; Lu 6:31; Lu 12:45,46; Joh 13:13; Ac 10:34; Ro 2:11; 1Co 1:2; 1Co 7:22; Eph 6:5-7; Php 2:10,11; Col 3:25; Col 4:1; Jas 2:8,13; Jas 5:4

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

² tn Though the Greek text only has αὐτούς (autous, “them”), the antecedent is the slaves of the masters. Therefore, it was translated this way to make it explicit in English.

³ tn Grk “do the same things to them.”

⁴ tn Grk “giving up the threat.”

⁵ tn Grk “because of both they and you, the Lord is, in heaven…”