Matthew Poole and continuators on Ephesians 6:5

5. Servants be obedient to them that are your Masters according to the flesh , with fear and trembling , in singleness of your heart s as unto Christ .

These Servants were generally Slaves: Christian liberty, doth not take away civil servitude.

Whether good or bad, as 1 Pet. 2.18. is expresly said.

As to your outward State, not as to your souls and consciences.

Either with reverence and fear of offending them, and being punished by them, see Rom. 13.4. or rather with Humility as appears by Ps. 2.11. Phil. 2.12. 1 Cor. 2, 3. & 2 Cor. 7.15. comp. Rom. 11.20. Sincerity, and without guile.

Who hath commanded this obedience, and whom ye obey in yielding it to your masters.

Marginal references: Col. 3.22. 1 Tim. 6.1. Tit. 2.9.