Study it in the app“Let all who are under the yoke as slaves consider their own masters worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be blasphemed.”
Let all whoὍσοιareεἰσὶνunderὑπὸthe yokeζυγὸνas slavesδοῦλοιconsiderἡγείσθωσανtheir ownτοὺς ἰδίουςmastersδεσπόταςworthyἀξίουςof allπάσηςhonor,τιμῆςso thatἵναthe nameτὸ ὄνομαof Godτοῦ θεοῦandκαὶthe teachingἡ διδασκαλίαmay notμὴbe blasphemed.βλασφημῆται
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eisin” appearsyoke
What is imposed and must be borne.
Where else “zygon” appearsslave
A person who belongs to a master and serves him.
Where else “douloi” appearsconsider
To deem something so.
Where else “hēgeisthōsan” appearsown
What belongs to someone; their people, their family.
Where else “idious” appearsmaster
The owner of slaves.
Where else “despotas” appearsworthy
That has earned something good.
Where else “axious” appearshonor
The respect and esteem given to someone for who they are.
Where else “timēs” appearsname
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onoma” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appearsteaching
Teaching, instruction.
Where else “didaskalia” appearsblaspheme
To speak with contempt against God or what is holy.
Where else “blasphēmētai” appears1 · This verse (above)
2And those who have believing masters must not look down on them because they are brothers; rather, let them serve them as slaves all the more, because those who benefit from the good service are believers and beloved. Teach these things and exhort.
