“With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:”
Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people — the principle: douleuō ('serve') met' euthymiās ('with good will') hōs tō kyriō ('as to the Lord') kai ouch anthropois ('and not to people'), Christological transvaluation of servitude.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 6:7
Thus then it is not husband only, nor wife, nor children, but virtuous servants also that contribute to the organization and protection of a house. Therefore the blessed Paul has not overlooked this department even. He comes to it, however, in the last place, because it is last in dignity and rank. Still he addresses much discourse also to them, no longer in the same tone as to children, but in a far more advanced way, inasmuch as he does not hold out to these the promise in…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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