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Cyprian of Carthage

That servants, when they have believed, ought to serve their carnal masters the better.

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72. That servants, when they have believed, ought to serve their carnal masters the better.

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In the Epistle of Paul to the Ephesians:  “Servants, obey your fleshly masters with fear and trembling, and in simplicity of your heart, as to Christ; not serving for the eye, as if you were pleasing men; but as servants of God.”

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