1st Timothy 6:1
Whatever servants be under yoke, deem they their lords worthy all honour, lest the name of the Lord and the doctrine or his doctrine be blasphemed.This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- ζυγόςzygósa coupling, i.e. (figuratively) servitude (a law or obligation); also (literally) the beam
- δεσπότηςdespótēsan absolute ruler ("despot")
- διδασκαλίαdidaskalíainstruction (the function or the information)
- ἡγέομαιhēgéomaito lead, i.e. command (with official authority); figuratively, to deem, i.e. consider
- βλασφημέωblasphēméōto vilify; specially, to speak impiously
- ἄξιοςáxiosdeserving, comparable or suitable (as if drawing praise)
- τιμήtimḗa value, i.e. money paid, or (concretely and collectively) valuables; by analogy, esteem (
- ἵνα μήhína mḗin order (or so) that not
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
1Pe 2:17–20, Eph 6:5–8, Tit 2:8–10, Tit 2:5, 1Co 7:21–22, Rom 2:24, Col 3:22–25, Mal 1:6