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Col_3:22. Comp. Eph_6:5 ff. The minuteness with which Paul enters into this point in comparison with the others, may naturally have been caused by the flight and conversion of Onesimus, who was a Colossian slave.
τοῖς κατὰ σάρκα κυρίοις ] the masters, who are so after a fleshly manner, i.e. in respect to material-human nature; a description, which presupposes another relation belonging to the higher pneumatic sphere, in which, namely, Christ is (Col_3:24) the master. Comp. Rom_9:3.
μὴ ἐν ὀφθαλμ . ὡς ἀνθρωπάρ .] See on Eph_6:6. The obedience of Christian slaves becomes men-pleasing, and, to appearance, eye-service, when it is not subordinated to, and normally conditioned by, the fear of Christ (2Co_5:11) as the higher Master. See below, where ἐν ἁπλότ . καρδίας (see on Eph_6:5) corresponds to the ἐν ὀφθαλμοδουλ ., and φοβούμ . τ . κύριον to the ὡς ἀνθρωπάρ . Eye service presupposes insincerity of heart, and men-pleasing takes for granted a want of the fear of Christ. Comp. on the latter, Gal_1:10.