6 5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, single-mindedly, as serving Christ. 6 6 Do not offer merely the outward show of service, to curry favour with men, but, as slaves of Christ, do whole-heartedly the will of God. 6 7 Give the cheerful service of those who serve the Lord, not men. 6 8 For you know that whatever good each man may do, slave or free, will be repaid him by the Lord. 6 9 You masters, also, must do the same by them. Give up using threats; remember you both have the same Master in heaven, and he has no favourites.