Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine not be blasphemed.
because they are brethren: The converted bond servant should not have disdain or think less in his heart of his master in work and rank because he is a fellow Christian. That spiritual relationship--and the love inherent in it--should provoke the servant to be the more diligent in his labor.