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masters.

Ephesians 6:5-8
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.

A servant may be a Christian, but he/she has to honor their master. They cannot
abandon their service to their master to serve Christ, nor act rebelliously. Rebellion is the
principle of Satan, and God does not sanction rebellion.

I Peter 2:18-19
Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and
gentle, but also to the harsh. For this is commendable...

Titus 2:9
Exhort bondservants to be obedient to their own masters, to be well pleasing in all
things, not answering back, 10 not pilfering, but showing all good fidelity, that they
may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.

I Timothy 6:1-2
Let as many bondservants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of
all honor, so that the name of God and His doctrine may not be blasphemed. And
those who have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are
brethren, but rather serve them because those who are benefited are believers and
beloved. Teach and exhort these things.

Having given the instructions to servants above, the apostles give similar instructions
to wives, for they too are under authority.

I Peter 3:1-2
Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey
the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives, when they
observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear.

Titus 2:4-5
Admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be
discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the
word of God may not be blasphemed.

The word of God would come into great reproach if wives began using service to God as an
excuse to disobey and dishonor their husbands. Such an act would be similar to that deceit
practiced by the Jews which Christ condemned.