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Servants; these servants were generally slaves: Christian liberty doth not take away civil servitude.
Be obedient to them that are your masters; whether good or bad, as 1Pe_2:18, is expressly said.
According to the flesh; as to your outward state, not as to your souls and consciences.
With fear and trembling; either with reverence and fear of offending them, and being punished by them, see Rom_13:4; or rather, with humility, as appears by Psa_2:11 1Co_2:3 2Co_7:15 Phi_2:12: compare Rom_11:20.
In singleness of your heart; sincerity, and without guile.
As unto Christ, who hath commanded this obedience, and whom ye obey in yielding it to your masters.