Gen 16:1, 4, Eph 6:5-8, 1Ti 6:1-2 | ESV | STEP | Now Sarai , Abram’s wife , had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar .

Genesis 16:1

Sarai and Hagar

1 ^aNow Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was ^bHagar.

Genesis 16:4

4 And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, ^cshe looked with contempt on her mistress. ^{▼▼Hebrew her mistress was dishonorable in her eyes; similarly in verse 5}

Ephesians 6:5-8

Bondservants and Masters

5 ^eBondservants, ^{▼▼Or slaves; also verse 6 (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)} obey your earthly masters ^{▼▼Or your masters according to the flesh} with fear and trembling, ^hwith a sincere heart, ⁱas you would Christ, 6 not by the way of eye-service, as ^jpeople-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7 rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, 8 ^kknowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, ^lwhether he is a bondservant ^{▼▼Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)} or is free.

1 Timothy 6:1-2

1 ⁿLet all who are under a yoke as bondservants ^{▼▼Or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)} regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, ^pso that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled. 2 Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are ^qbrothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved.

False Teachers and True Contentment

^rTeach and urge these things.