Ephesians 6:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And ye masters On the other hand; do the same things unto them That is, act toward them from the same principle, and after the same just and equitable manner, having an eye to the will and glory of God, and endeavouring to approve yourselves to him; forbearing threatening Conducting yourselves toward your servants with gentleness and humanity, not in a harsh or domineering way; knowing that your Master also Namely, Christ; is in heaven On the throne of God, and that his authority over you is much greater and more absolute, than yours is over any of your fellow-creatures; neither is there respect of persons with him Whatsoever difference there may be in their stations on earth: but he will administer to all the most strict and impartial justice, rewarding or punishing every one according to his real character, and especially showing that he remembers the cry of the oppressed, though men may consider them, on account of the inferiority of their circumstances, as below their regards.