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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
Do you see what he requires of slaves? That which most of all puts masters at ease, namely, that they "not talk back, not steal, but be faithful." For worldly people this is most of all desirable. If slaves are such, they serve to the glory of Christianity. For when a pagan sees his slave, so educated by Christianity, will he not marvel at the teaching which had such power that it improved even such a soul? …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
But the phrase, in all things, can refer, first of all, to the word, obedient, so that the meaning would be, in all things over which the master's power extends; or it can refer to the word, pleasing. For subjection must first of all consist in serving without offense, without murmuring and without delay: fully pleasing (Col 1:10); just as I try to please all men in everything I do (1 Cor 10:33). But this conflicts with Galatians: if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ (Gal 1:10). …
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