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

Bible References

Servants

Ephesians 6:5
Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ.
Colossians 3:22
Slaves, obey your human masters in everything. Don’t work only while being watched, in order to please men, but work wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.
1 Timothy 6:1
All who are under the yoke as slaves must regard their own masters to be worthy of all respect, so that God’s name and His teaching will not be blasphemed.
1 Peter 2:18
Household slaves, submit with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel.

To please

Ephesians 5:24
Now as the church submits to Christ, so wives are to submit to their husbands in everything.

General references

Genesis 30:29
So Jacob said to him, “You know what I have done for you and your herds.
Genesis 31:6
You know that I’ve worked hard for your father
Romans 15:2
Each one of us must please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
1 Corinthians 12:22
But even more, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are necessary.

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