1 Timothy 6:1-2--Servants and Masters

1 Timothy 6:1-2
English Standard Version

6 Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled. 2 Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved.  Teach and urge these things.

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This is not a heading in the ESV, but I broke it out as its own section separate from the discussion about honor due to elders (those who are older) and Elders (those who are in positions of leadership in the Church), and the discussion that was intermixed with that of benevolence.

These verses should tell us today how anyone with an employment agreement with their employer should treat their employer and any supervisor that employer puts in authority over them.  The Christian employee's supervisors and employer(s) should be treated with honor so that God would be glorified--even if you feel like a slave-laborer sometimes.  If you do not honor your employer and supervisors, then the name of God and the teaching of the Word of God will be reviled.

It is even more important for a Christian employee to be respectful to their employer/supervisor when they know that their employer/supervisor is also a Christian, because now that employer/supervisor is a brother or sister in Christ, and you would bring dishonor to God and His Word by being disrespectful to the one put in authority over you.  Instead, that employee can honor God and his employer/supervisor by being the best employee he or she can be.  We as Christian employees should be working for the good of our employer and customers/clients, not just our own self-centered "good" like the world tells us to do.  This will foster an even better opportunity for both of you to share the gospel in your workplace.