Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
And forbear threatening (anientev thn apeilhn). Present active participle of anihmi, old verb, to loosen up, to relax. "Letting up on threatening." Apeilh is old word for threat, in N.T. only here and Acts 4:29; Acts 9:1.
Both their Master and yours (kai autwn kai umwn o kuriov). He says to "the lords" (oi kurioi) of the slaves. Paul is not afraid of capital nor of labour.
With him (par autw). "By the side of him (God)."
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Ephesians 6:9:
Acts 10:34
Acts 16:26
Acts 27:40
Romans 2:11
Colossians 3:25
2 Thessalonians 2:7
James 1:17
James 2:1
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