Thematic Bible: What servants should do
Thematic Bible
Servants » What servants should do
Tell servants to be submissive to their masters and to give them satisfaction all round, not to be refractory,
Verse Concepts
Servants, be obedient to those who are your masters here below with reverence and trembling, with singleness of heart as to Christ himself; instead of merely working when their eye is on you, like those who court human favour, do God's will from the heart like servants of Christ, by rendering service with goodwill as to the Lord and Master, not to men. read more.
Be sure that everyone, slave or free, will be paid back by the Lord and Master for the good he has done.
Be sure that everyone, slave or free, will be paid back by the Lord and Master for the good he has done.
Let all servants who are under the yoke of slavery remember that their masters are entitled to perfect respect ??otherwise it will be a scandal to the Name of God and to our doctrine. Those who have Christian believers as their masters must not take liberties with them because they are brothers; they must be all the better servants because those who get the good of their service are believers and beloved. This is what you are to teach and preach.
Servants, obey your masters here below at every point; do not work simply when their eye is on you, like those who court human favour, but serve them with a single heart out of reverence for your Lord and Master. Whatever be your task, work at it heartily, as servants of the Lord and not of men;