Those who have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brothers, but rather let them serve them, because those who partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. Teach and exhort these things.
let them not despise them: The word "despise" (kataphroneo) means to belittle or disdain (1 Timothy 4:12). Paul urges the servant to avoid such an attitude because both servant and master are of the same spiritual womb or birth.