Introduction
Christ is our God and our Saviour (cf. v. 13).
“God deigns to receive an ‘ornament’ from slaves, whose condition was so low and mean that they were wont to be scarcely accounted men” (Calvin).
1. Submit in All Things
9a Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters,
“18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. 19 For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully” (1 Pet 2:18-19).
2. Please in All Areas
9b and to please them well in all things…
“This desire of pleasing must be limited to those things which are proper; as is evident from other passages of a similar nature” (Calvin).
3. Answer Not Again
9c not answering again…
“When conscious of a fault, to palliate or stand in justification of it doubles it.” (Matthew Henry).
4. Determine Not to Steal
10a Not purloining…
“Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, the same is the companion of a destroyer” (Prov 28:24).
5. Exemplify Faithfulness.
10b …but shewing all good fidelity…
“Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord” says the master to them (Mt 25:21).
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