Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Masters are to give their servants what is just and equal, remembering that they themselves also have a Master in heaven. Employees are not beneath their employers, for employers and employees are dependent upon one another. Both belong to Christ, who purchased them with His blood.
Justice here requires fair pay for faithful work. It forbids withholding a worker's earnings in order to increase an institution's profits or to satisfy ambition. Paying wages does not excuse indifference, excessive demands, unfair labor expectations, delayed payment, or unkind treatment. Christian business dealings are to be prompt, honest, and kind.
Those with authority are accountable to God, who witnesses and judges every action. They must treat those in their charge justly and mercifully, with respect and with the Christlike fairness they themselves would want from Christ. Applied to a school, a defective sense of what is right and equal leads a person to misrepresent the situation and his own connection with it.
This duty stands together with continuing in prayer with watchfulness and thanksgiving. It stands with praying for an open door of utterance to speak the mystery of Christ and to make it manifest as it ought to be spoken, with walking in wisdom toward those who are without while redeeming the time, and with keeping speech always gracious and seasoned with salt so as to know how to answer every person. Much is comprehended in this instruction, so the Word of life must not only be read but prayerfully studied in order to present the truth in the right manner to unbelievers. The light received from the Word of God is to be imparted to others to interest them in the study of the Scriptures.
Masters are to give their servants what is just and equal, remembering that they themselves also have a Master in heaven. Employees are not beneath their employers, for employers and employees are dependent upon one another. Both belong to Christ, who purchased them with His blood.
Justice here requires fair pay for faithful work. It forbids withholding a worker's earnings in order to increase an institution's profits or to satisfy ambition. Paying wages does not excuse indifference, excessive demands, unfair labor expectations, delayed payment, or unkind treatment. Christian business dealings are to be prompt, honest, and kind.
Those with authority are accountable to God, who witnesses and judges every action. They must treat those in their charge justly and mercifully, with respect and with the Christlike fairness they themselves would want from Christ. Applied to a school, a defective sense of what is right and equal leads a person to misrepresent the situation and his own connection with it.
This duty stands together with continuing in prayer with watchfulness and thanksgiving. It stands with praying for an open door of utterance to speak the mystery of Christ and to make it manifest as it ought to be spoken, with walking in wisdom toward those who are without while redeeming the time, and with keeping speech always gracious and seasoned with salt so as to know how to answer every person. Much is comprehended in this instruction, so the Word of life must not only be read but prayerfully studied in order to present the truth in the right manner to unbelievers. The light received from the Word of God is to be imparted to others to interest them in the study of the Scriptures.