Ephesians 6:8-9

6:8 because you know that each person, whether slave or free, if he does something good, this ¹  will be rewarded by the Lord.

6:9 Masters, ²  treat your slaves ³  the same way, ⁴  giving up the use of threats, ⁵  because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, ⁶  and there is no favoritism with him.

[6:8]  ¹ sn The pronoun “this” (τοῦτο, touto) stands first in its clause for emphasis, and stresses the fact that God will reward those, who in seeking him, do good.

[6:9]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[6:9]  ³ tn Though the Greek text only has αὐτούς (autous, “them”), the antecedent is the slaves of the masters. Therefore, it was translated this way to make it explicit in English.

[6:9]  ⁴ tn Grk “do the same things to them.”

[6:9]  ⁵ tn Grk “giving up the threat.”

[6:9]  ⁶ tn Grk “because of both they and you, the Lord is, in heaven…”