做奴仆的要全心尊重自己的主人,免得上帝的名和我们的教导被人亵渎。 若主人是基督徒,做奴仆的不可因为同是信徒就不尊敬自己的主人,反而要更好地服侍他,因为这些接受服侍的人是信徒,是主所爱的。你要教导这些事并勉励众人。

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All who are under the yoke of slavery should consider their masters worthy of full respect,(A) so that God’s name and our teaching may not be slandered.(B) Those who have believing masters should not show them disrespect just because they are fellow believers.(C) Instead, they should serve them even better because their masters are dear to them as fellow believers and are devoted to the welfare[a] of their slaves.

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These are the things you are to teach and insist on.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 6:2 Or and benefit from the service

Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.

And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.

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