9. servants--"slaves."
to please them well--"to give satisfaction"
[ALFORD]. To be complaisant in everything;
to have that zealous desire to gain the master's goodwill which will
anticipate the master's wish and do even more than is required. The
reason for the frequent recurrence of injunctions to slaves to
subjection
(Eph 6:5,
&c.; Col 3:22;
1Ti 6:1,
&c.; 1Pe 2:18)
was, that in no rank was there more danger of the doctrine of the
spiritual equality and freedom of Christians being misunderstood
than in that of slaves. It was natural for the slave who had become a
Christian, to forget his place and put himself on a social level
with his master. Hence the charge for each to abide in the sphere in
which he was when converted
(1Co 7:20-24).
not answering again--in contradiction to the master: so the
Greek, "not contradicting" [WAHL].
JFB.
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