Reading through 1 Peter and found this helpful. The following is from I. H. Marshall’s, 1 Peter, 89-90, 97-98, quoted in 1 Peter, Scott McKnight (p. 175).
- All our social relationships should find a behavior that is driven by a desire to do God’s will.
- Our conduct ought to be consistent with the obligation we assume in our relationship to that person and job.
- Our conduct ought to be determined by that relationship, not by what we think of the personal traits of the employer.
- When we disregard our relational contract with its obligations, we do disservice to the gospel.
- If we suffer as a result of our obligations, such suffering is both commendable and Christian; it is not unchristian.