Ephesians 6:7

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;”

— WEB

“With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:”

— KJV

“with good will doing service, as unto the Lord, and not unto men:”

— ASV

Cross-references

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Genesis 31:6 "You know that I have served your father with all of my strength."

Commentary

good will--expressing his feeling towards his master; as "doing the will of God from the heart" expresses the source of that feeling (Col 3:23). "Good will" is stated by XENOPHON [Economics] to be the principal virtue of a slave towards his master: a real regard to his master's interest as if his own, a good will which not even a master's severity can extinguish.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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