Ephesians 6:5-9 - Slaves And Masters

⁵ You slaves must practice obedience to your earthly masters, with reverence and awe, with sincerity of heart, as you would obey Christ, ⁶ not serving them as though they were watching you, but as true slaves of Christ, trying to carry out the will of God. ⁷ Heartily and cheerfully keep on working as slaves, as though it were for the Lord and not for men, ⁸ for you know that everyone, slave or free, will get his reward from the Lord for anything good he has done. ⁹ You slave-owners, too, must maintain the same attitude toward your slaves, and stop threatening them, for you know that their real Lord and yours is in heaven, and that He never shows partiality.

¹ All who are under the yoke of slavery must esteem their masters to be deserving the highest respect, so that the name of God and our teaching may not be abused. ² Those who have Christian masters must not pay them less respect because they are brothers; they must serve them all the better, because those who get the benefit of their service are believers and so are dear to them. These are the things that you must continue to teach and urge them to do.