Table of Contents
Masters
1. Authority of, established. Col 3:22; 1Pe 2:18.
2. Should, with their households,
a. Worship God. Ge 35:3.
b. Fear God. Ac 10:2.
c. Serve God. Jos 24:15.
d. Observe the Sabbath. Ex 20:10; De 5:12-14.
e. Put away idols. Ge 35:2.
3. Should select faithful servants. Ge 24:2; Ps 101:6,7.
4. Should receive faithful advice from servants. 2Ki 5:13,14.
5. Duty of, toward servants;
a. To act justly. Job 31:13,15; Col 4:1.
b. To deal with them in the fear of God. Eph 6:9; Col 4:1.
c. To esteem them highly, if saints. Phm 1:16.
d. To take care of them in sickness. Lu 7:3.
e. To forbear threatening them. Eph 6:9.
f. Not to defraud them. Ge 31:7.
g. Not to keep back their wages. Le 19:13; De 24:15.
h. Not to rule over them with rigour. Le 25:43; De 24:14.
6. Benevolent, blessed. De 15:18.
7. Unjust, denounced. Jer 22:13; Jas 5:4.
8. Good-Exemplified
a. Abraham. Ge 18:19.
b. Jacob. Ge 35:2.
c. Joshua. Jos 24:15.
e. Cornelius. Ac 10:2.
9. Bad-Exemplified
b. Nabal. 1Sa 25:17.
c. Amalekite. 1Sa 30:13.