Ephesians 6:6

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⁶Don’t obey them only to please them when they are watching. Do it because you are slaves of Christ. Be sure your heart does what God wants.

not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.

Don’t work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, do God’s will from your heart.

Try to please them all the time, not just when they are watching you. As slaves of Christ, do the will of God with all your heart.

not while being watched, as people pleasers, but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart,

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

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