But the relation once constituted and continued, is not such a _malum in se_ as calls for immediate and violent disruption at all hazards.

So Paul did not counsel.
2.

1 Tim.vi.2, expresses the sentiment, that slaves, who are Christians and have Christian masters, are not, on that account, and because _as Christians they are brethren_, to forego the reverence due to them as masters.

That is, the relation of master and slave is not, as a matter of course, abrogated between all Christians.

Nay, servants should in such a case, a _fortiori_, do their duty cheerfully.