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Page 34 - For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me : and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth ; and to another, Come, and he cometh ; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
Page 37 - Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear ; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
Page 36 - Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren ; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit.
Page 35 - For as the body is one and hath many members ; and all the members of the body, whereas they are many, yet are one body : so also is Christ. For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether bond or free : and in one Spirit we have all been made to drink.
Page 35 - Or know you not, that your members are the temple of the Holy Ghost, who is in you, whom you have from God ; and you are not your own ? 20 For you are bought with a great price. Glorify and bear God in your body.
Page 34 - Even so ye also, when ye shall have done all the things that are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which it was our duty to do.
Page 35 - I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds...
Page 26 - And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
Page 45 - But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you beside that which we have preached to you, let him be anathema.
Page 36 - Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; 6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; 7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men...