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Paul says:
“Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to
the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as
to Christ; not by way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as slaves of
Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.With good will render service, as to the Lord, and not to men, knowing
that whatever good thing each one does, this he will receive back from
the Lord, whether slave or free. And masters, do the same things to
them, and give up threatening, knowing that both their Master and
yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him.” Ephesians
6:5-9 NASB1995
Q: If a modern Christian were to follow this admonition/exhortation, and they don’t own a slave, how do these verses then apply for application in the Christian life?
Paul wrote in a culture (the Roman Empire) that had slaves, but if a Christian lives in a country that had any type of slavery outlawed, does this passage then become contingent on human/societal law, and thus doesn’t need to be followed unless the circumstances arise? Can these verses be applied to employers in a non-slavish sense?
