1 Timothy 6:2
Those whose masters are Christian believers must not treat them with disrespect, because they are brothers; nay, rather slave for them the better because those who get the benefit of their services are believing and beloved. Continue to teach and preach this.
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Matthew 6:24"No slave can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will pay heed to the one and despise the other. You cannot be the slaves both of God and of gold.
Matthew 25:40"‘In solemn truth I tell you,’ the King will answer them, ‘that inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these, my brothers, you have done it unto me.’
Romans 11:17Supposing that some of the branches have been broken off, and you, although you were but a wild olive, have been grafted in among the branches and have become a partaker with them of the fatness of the olive tree, do not glory over the branches;
Galatians 5:6because in Christ neither circumcision has any value, nor uncircumcision, but faith which works through love.
Ephesians 1:15For this reason I also, from the time when I heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and your love to all the saints,
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 6:2-6
The Duty of Servants. ( a. d. 64.) 1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. 2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort. 3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the… Read the whole commentary →