Ephesians 6:5 (WEB)
Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ,
Fathers and councils · 8
Augustine of Hippo
“…as though sent by God for the punishment of evil men, but for the praise of good men: ” or as servants, that to their masters they should be subject, even Christians to Heathens, and the better should keep faith with the worse, for a time to serve, for everlasting to have dominion.” — editor's note: Eph. vi. 5.
Read the whole comment“He saith this also: “Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh.”” — editor's note: Eph. vi. 5.
Read the whole comment“Again, Christian servants and good believers are also commanded to serve their temporal masters in equanimity and faithfulness; whom they will hereafter judge, if even on to the end they find them wicked, or with whom they will hereafter reign in equality, if they too shall have been converted to the true God.” — editor's note: Eph. vi. 5
Read the whole comment“The Apostolic teaching has set the master over the slave, and put the slave under the master; nevertheless Christ gave the same price for both.” — editor's note: Eph. vi. 5; Tit. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“But that service which is due to men, and in reference to which the apostle writes that servants must be subject to their own masters, is usually designated by another word in Greek, whereas the service which is paid to God alone by worship, is always, or almost always, called λατρεία in the…” — editor's note: Eph. vi. 5.
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Leo the Great
“And so the cause for complaint is twofold in this matter, because both the sacred ministry is polluted by such poor partners in it, and the rights of masters are infringed so far as unlawful possession is rashly taken of them.” — editor's note: Though no doubt S. Leo’s language is here harsh and offensive to modern ears, it is not, I think, substantially out of agreement with S. Paul’s own teaching…
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“He gives laws for slaves and masters, rulers and ruled, husbands and wives, parents and children, marriage and celibacy, self-discipline and indulgence, wisdom and ignorance, circumcision and uncircumcision, Christ and the world, the flesh and the spirit.” — editor's note: Eph. vi. 5, 9.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“In the Epistle of Paul to the Ephesians: “Servants, obey your fleshly masters with fear and trembling, and in simplicity of your heart, as to Christ; not serving for the eye, as if you were pleasing men; but as servants of God.”” — editor's note: Eph. vi. 5, 6.
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