JMNT(i)
5 Slaves: you folks be continually paying attention, listening humbly to and obeying [
your]
owners (masters)
those [
being such]
in respect to the flesh (= this human condition and natural realm)
with fear (or: respect, reverence, = earnestness)
and trembling (= concerned focus),
joined with singleness (simplicity; uncompoundedness; = pureness of substance)
of your heart (= with the core of your being willing one thing [comment: which is Kierkegaard's "the Good"]),
as though to (or: as if for; as being in, and with)
the Christ,
6 not in accord with eye-service (or: in line with slavery to the eyes [of folks watching]; or: = doing it only when being watched)
as folks desiring to please men, but rather as slaves of Christ, constantly doing (performing; producing)
the will and intent of God from out of [
the]
soul (= with the whole inner being: mind, will, emotion, life-force; or: = spontaneously)
7 with a good disposition (well-mindedness; a good will; a good attitude),
habitually serving (or: being; working)
as a slave, as for (or: to; in; with)
the Lord [= Yahweh or Christ],
and not for (or: to)
people (humans; mankind),
8 having seen and thus knowing (perceiving; being aware; recognizing)
that each person, if he or she may do some good thing (perform some virtuous act; produce some excellence and quality),
this she, or he, will continue receiving for herself, or himself, for kindly keeping alongside of the Lord [= Christ or Yahweh]:
whether slave, whether free.