Thematic Bible: What masters should do

Masters, do what is right and fair by your slaves, for you know that you also have a Master--in Heaven. Verse Conceptsethics, personalMen PleasersBeing FairMastersReward, HumanServants, Working Conditions OfSlavery, In NtWagesWork, And RedemptionMasters Duties Towards ServantsEmployersSlavesslaveryfairness

Slaves, obey your earthly masters, with anxious care, giving them ungrudging service, as if obeying the Christ; Not only when their eyes are on you, as if you had merely to please men, but as slaves of Christ, who are trying to carry out the will of God. Give your service heartily and cheerfully, as working for the Master and not for men; read more.
For you know that every one will be rewarded by the Master for any honest work that he has done, whether he is a slave or a freeman. And masters, treat your slaves in the same spirit. Give up threatening them; for you know that he who is both their Master and yours is in Heaven, and that before him there is no distinction of rank.