Hiring people is fundamentally good. It can be used to glorify God but it can also be used for sinful purposes.
In contrast to Marxist theory, the Bible does not view as evil hiring one person to make profit off of their work. That is not necessarily exploitation. The laborer deserves his wages (Luke 10:7). This Scripture shows that Jesus approves of employment, wages and gain from a person's work.
Some people sells services and not goods so employment is necessary. Then there is the fact that some products can only be produce by many people working t0gether (airplanes, ships, homes, etc). The tasks are too large and complicated to do by one person alone. Greater production can take place when many are hired. Paying someone for their labor is shared by no other creature.
Employer/employee relationships provide opportunity to glorify God on both sides of the equation. Honesty, fairness, kindness and trustworthiness can all be shown in this relationship. We can demonstrate proper authority and responses to authority in this relationship.
1 Timothy 6:2 reminds us that if our bosses are believers that we should treat them with respect and not abuse the relationship. They stand to gain from your hard work.
An employer can exercise his authority with harshness or not pay what he has agreed to. These are manifestations of how sin can be shown in the workplace. See James 5:4, Proverbs 18:9. The distortions of something good should not cause us to see something as inherently evil.
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