Thematic Bible: Duties of, to masters
Thematic Bible
Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be faithful to them
Now in this matter of trustees the first and final requirement is that they should prove to be trustworthy.
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to stop resisting them and stealing from them, but to show such perfect fidelity as to adorn, in everything they do, the teaching of God our Saviour.
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The man who is dependable in a very small matter is dependable also in a large deal, the man who is dishonest in a very small matter is dishonest also in a large deal. So if you have not proved dependable in handling your ill-gotten riches, who will trust you with the true riches? And if you have not proved dependable in what belongs to someone else, who will trust you with what belongs to you?
Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be submissive even to the froward
You house-servants must be submissive to your masters and show them perfect respect, not only to those who are kind and fair but also to those who are cruel.
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Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be anxious for their welfare
Servants » Duties of, to masters » Not to serve them with eye-service, as men-pleasers
Slaves, practice obedience to your earthly masters in everything, not as though they were watching you and as though you were merely pleasing men, but with sincerity of heart, because you fear the Lord.
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not serving them as though they were watching you, but as true slaves of Christ, trying to carry out the will of God.
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Servants » Duties of, to masters » To bless God for mercies shown to them
Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be industrious in laboring for them
Servants » Duties of, to masters » To honor them
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.
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Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be profitable to them
Then after he had gotten the appointment as king, he returned and ordered those slaves to whom he had given his money to be called in, that he might find out what business they had done. Now the first one came in and said, 'Your twenty dollars, sir, has made two hundred more.'
The second one came in and said, 'Your twenty dollars, sir, has made a hundred!'
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Servants » Duties of, to masters » To obey them
You slaves must practice obedience to your earthly masters, with reverence and awe, with sincerity of heart, as you would obey Christ,
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Continue urging slaves to practice perfect submission to their masters and to give them perfect satisfaction,
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Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be prudent in the management of their affairs
Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be earnest in transacting their business
Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be kind and attentive to their guests
Servants » Duties of, to masters » To sympathize with them
Servants » Duties of, to masters » To prefer their business to their own necessary food
Servants » Duties of, to masters » To revere them the more, when they are believers
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.
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Servants » Duties of, to masters » To pray for them
Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be subject to them
You house-servants must be submissive to your masters and show them perfect respect, not only to those who are kind and fair but also to those who are cruel.
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Servants » Duties of, to masters » To attend to their call
Servants » Duties of, to masters » Not to defraud them
to stop resisting them and stealing from them, but to show such perfect fidelity as to adorn, in everything they do, the teaching of God our Saviour.
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Servants » Duties of, to masters » To please them well in all things
Continue urging slaves to practice perfect submission to their masters and to give them perfect satisfaction,
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Servants » Duties of, to masters » Not to answer them rudely
Continue urging slaves to practice perfect submission to their masters and to give them perfect satisfaction,
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