Eph. 6:8 in context
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Eph. 6:7      Eph. 6:9

Ephesians 6:8

aware that everyone who does good work, whether slave or free, will receive their reward from the Lord.
[Unlike the Roman ideal of the time, where the goal was to own slaves so that one did not have to work oneself, the Bible has a different view that values work, see Gen. 2:2–3; Ex. 20:9. Jesus worked as a craftsman, see Matt. 13:55. Paul also worked with his hands as a tentmaker, see Acts 18:3.
This passage contains the key to how the fight against social injustice should be waged. It is not through revolution and armed struggle. Instead, it is transformed hearts that undermine inequality in society. The church is unique. In this letter, Paul addresses both slaves and masters, see verses 5 and 9. In pagan temples and every other instance in society, there was a difference between slave and free. In the church, slaves and masters sat side by side as equals. They celebrated worship and ate together.]
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Nestle-Aland (NA)

εἰδότες   ὅτι   ἕκαστος   ἐάν   τι   ποιήσῃ   ἀγαθὸν   τοῦτο   κομίσεται   παρὰ   κυρίου   εἴτε   δοῦλος   εἴτε   ἐλεύθερος.¶  

Textus Receptus (TR)

εἰδότες   ὅτι   ἕκαστος   ὃ   ἐάν   τι   ποιήσῃ   ἀγαθὸν   τοῦτο   κομίσεται   παρὰ   τοῦ   κυρίου   εἴτε   δοῦλος   εἴτε   ἐλεύθερος.¶  

Manuscript comments

NA has 15 words, TR has 17 (+2).


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Below is an interlinear version in table form that follows the word order of the original text. Clicking on the Strongs number will show the words in their basic form (note that sometimes the grammar causes not only the endings to change, but also the initial letters of the word).


Strongs nr Greek English Grammar Code
G1492
 εἰδότες (eidotes)
 already knowing
VERB Verb
perf. active part. perfect active Participle
nom. pl. ♂ Nominative plural masculine
V-RAP-NPM
G3754
 ὅτι (oti)
 that
Conj. Conjunktion
 CONJ
G1538
 ἕκαστος (ekastos)
 each one,
Adjective Adjective
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
A-NSM
G1437
 ἐάν (ean)
 maybe
Cond. part./conj. Conditional Particle or Conjunction
 COND
G5100
 τι (ti)
 whatever
Indef. pron. Indefinite pronoun
acc. sing. neut. accusative singular Neutral
X-ASN
G4160
 ποιήσῃ (poiese)
 he shall do
VERB Verb
aorist active subj. aorist active subjunctive
sing. third person singular
V-AAS-3S
G0018
 ἀγαθὸν (agathon)
 good,
Adjective Adjective
acc. sing. neut. accusative singular Neutral
A-ASN
G3778
 τοῦτο (toyto)
 this
Demonstrative pron. Demonstrative pronoun
acc. sing. neut. accusative singular Neutral
D-ASN
G2865
 κομίσεται (komisetai)
 he will receive [back]
VERB Verb
fut. deponent ind. future middle-deponent indicative
sing. third person singular
V-FDI-3S
G3844
 παρὰ (para)
 from
Preposition Preposition
 PREP
G2962
 κυρίου (kyrioy)
 Lord,
Noun Noun
gen. sing. ♂ genitive singular masculine
N-GSM
G1535
 εἴτε (eite)
 whether
Cond. part./conj. Conditional Particle or Conjunction
 COND
G1401
 δοῦλος (doylos)
 slave
Noun Noun
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
N-NSM
G1535
 εἴτε (eite)
 or
Cond. part./conj. Conditional Particle or Conjunction
 COND
G1658
 ἐλεύθερος.¶ (eleytheros.)
 free.
Adjective Adjective
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
A-NSM

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