Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;
To please
General references
Bible References
Servants
Ephesians 6:5 Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ;
Colossians 3:22 Slaves, in all things obey those who are your masters on earth, not with external service, as those who merely please men, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.
1 Timothy 6:1 All who are under the yoke as slaves are to regard their own masters as worthy of all honor so that the name of God and our doctrine will not be spoken against.
1 Peter 2:18 Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are unreasonable.
To please
Ephesians 5:24
But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.
General references
Genesis 30:29
But he said to him, “You yourself know how I have served you and how your cattle have fared with me.
Genesis 31:6 You know that I have served your father with all my strength.
Romans 15:2
Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to his edification.
1 Corinthians 12:22
On the contrary, it is much truer that the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary;