...objection to the lawful authority of masters over laAdCoioaa. 4, i. their slaves. " Masters," says he,13 " give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a master in heaven." In his Epistle to Philemon, he recommends to masters to look on their slaves as dear brethren : Non...

...Galatians 4:4-6; 5:22,23; Colossians 2:13-15; James l:2-4;2 Peter 1:11; Titus 3:4-7) COLOSSIANS 4:1 Masters, give unto your servants that which is just...equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. ~ PRAYER ~ Father, make me to be a wise supervisor. I choose to be good to my subordinates and treat...

...to every creature, as we have seen. But more particularly ia it said to us, as owners of slaves, " Masters give unto your Servants that which is just...equal, knowing that ye also have a master in heaven." Col. iv. 1. — i e. Treat your Servants vvnh justice and in an equitable manner, for you have a Master...

...according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: . . . Masters, give unto your servants that which is just...equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven." (The apostle regulated the master-slave relationship, but did not question it.) >• i Timothy 6:1-2:...

...spirit-of-Christianity issue, they also concurred, hinged on the Golden Rule and on the ethic of sanctified masters: "Masters, give unto your servants that which is just...equal, knowing that ye also have a Master in Heaven. " As abolitionists parsed that biblical injunction, masters must give slaves the same equality and...

...to work diligently for their employers based on the exhortations in the Holy Scriptures; Col. 4 v 1 "Masters give unto your servants that which is just...equal; knowing that ye also have a master in heaven". Col. 3 v 22 "Servants obey in all things your masters according to the flesh: not with eye service...

...free alike and reminding slaveholders of their paternalistic responsibilities to their dependents. "Masters, give unto your servants that which is just...equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven" (Colossians 4:1). The very clergy who would quote scripture to defend the slave system against outside...

...has truly been intrusted the five talents. Let him but recollect the exhortation of the Apostle— 'Masters, give unto your servants that which is just...equal; knowing that ye also have a master in Heaven'; and in the final day he shall have nothing on this score with which his conscience need be smitten,...

...that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons. Masters, give unto your servants that which is just...equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. (3:18—4:1) In these verses the Holy Spirit, who, as we have seen, is Himself not mentioned in this...

...generation, devout Christians have always repudiated chattel slavery. Here's what the Apostle Paul says: "Masters, give unto your servants that which is just...equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven" (Colossians 4: 1). Even at the time of the decline of the Roman Empire, antislavery doctrines made...