Ephesians Chapter 6 verse 6 Holy Bible

ASV Ephesians 6:6

not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
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BBE Ephesians 6:6

Not only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart;
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DARBY Ephesians 6:6

not with eye-service as men-pleasers; but as bondmen of Christ, doing the will of God from [the] soul,
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KJV Ephesians 6:6

Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
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WEB Ephesians 6:6

not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
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YLT Ephesians 6:6

not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of soul,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - Not in the spirit of eye-service, as men-pleasers; but as the bond-servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart. Exegetical of the last exhortation, with a negative and a positive clause, according to the apostle's frequent practice (comp. Ephesians 2:8, 19; Ephesians 3:5; Ephesians 4:14, 15, 25, 28, 29; Ephesians 5:18, 27, 29; Ephesians 6:4). Eye-service and men-pleasing have reference only to what will pass muster in the world; Christians must go deeper, as bound to Christ's service by the great claim of redemption (1 Corinthians 6:20), and remembering that "man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart" (1 Samuel 16:7). The will of God is our great standard, and our daily prayer is, "Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven." In heaven it is done "from the heart."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers.--This verse is merely an expansion of the idea of singleness of heart. The word "eyeservice" (used here, and in Colossians 3:22) is peculiar to St. Paul, and to these passages; the word "menpleasers" is not found elsewhere in the New Testament, but is used in the LXX.; and the antithesis of "pleasing men" and "pleasing God "is not unfrequent with St. Paul. (See Galatians 1:10-11; 1Thessalonians 2:4.) To a slave, looking on his master's authority as mere power imposed by the cruel laws of man, this "eyeservice" is found to be an all but irresistible temptation. It is only when he looks on himself as "the slave of Christ"--who Himself "took on Him the form of a slave" (Philippians 2:7) in order to work out the will of God in a sinful world, and to redeem all men from bondage--that he can possibly serve from the heart.