204 Cf. Col. 3:11 (p. 151 with n. 103).
201See pp. 197-98. But there is no reason to suppose that Paul had Onesimus and Philemon especially in mind in the present passage.
202Gk. ϰατὰ σάϱϰα, as in Eph. 6:5 (cf. Philem. 16, ἐν σαϱϰί).
203Cf. S. S. Bartchy, MAAAON XPHΣAI. First-Century Christianity and the Interpretation of I Corinthians 7:21 (Missoula, 1973).
204Cf. Col. 3:11 (p. 151 with n. 103).
205Cf. 1 Tim. 6:1-2; Tit. 2:9-10; 1 Pet. 2:18-20.
206This is the usual interpretation of ὀφθαλμοδονλία (“eye-service”), found in the NT only here and in Eph. 6:6. C. F. D. Moule, however, suggests that the meaning is not “while the master’s eye is on you” but “with reference to what the eye can see” (of service performed so as to attract attention), in contrast to ἐϰ ψυϰῆς (“A Note on ὀφθαλμοδουλία,” ExT 59 [1947-48], 250).