Paul doesn’t only address bondservants, he addresses those who are in power over them. And he says that the masters should “do the same” to the bondservants? That the masters should serve the bondservants and do good to them, not as people-pleasers, but with sincerity! I am confident that none of you who hears this sermon is a “master”, but I think there are many of you to whom this text is quite relevant. There are people here who are in positions of authority, who have the power to either exploit or enrich the lives of the people over whom you have authority.
In our modern world and economy, I think it is likely that most people find themselves in something (very roughly) equivalent to one of these circumstances every day.
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22.11.13
