Ephesians 6:5-9 - Slaves And Masters

⁵ Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart as to Christ, ⁶ not like those who do their work only when someone is watching -- as people-pleasers -- but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart. ⁷ Obey with enthusiasm, as though serving the Lord and not people, ⁸ because you know that each person, whether slave or free, if he does something good, this will be rewarded by the Lord. ⁹ Masters, treat your slaves the same way, giving up the use of threats, because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.

¹ Those who are under the yoke as slaves must regard their own masters as deserving of full respect. This will prevent the name of God and Christian teaching from being discredited. ² But those who have believing masters must not show them less respectTeach them and exhort them about these things.