Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ — 'Work heartily' (ergon latreuo, serve/work) is whole-hearted. 'As for the Lord' (hōs tō kyriō) redirects service: masters are servants' proxies. 'From the Lord you will receive the inheritance' (aparche klēronomia) promises eschatological reward. 'You are serving the Lord Christ' makes the slave's lowliest work priestly service to Christ. This is radical spiritualization of slavery without abolition.

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