1 Timothy 6:1

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Summary

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.

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1 Peter 2:17

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1 Peter 3:16

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When the angel who had spoken to him was gone, Cornelius called two of his servants, and a devout soldier who was one of his personal attendants,

You who are slaves, obey your earthly masters, in reverence and awe, with sincerity of heart, as you would the Christ,

You who are slaves must always obey your earthly masters, not with mere external service, as though you had only men to please, but with sincerity of heart, because you fear the Lord.

Tell slaves always to obey their masters and try to please them, not to oppose them

Treat everyone with respect. Love the brotherhood, be reverent to God, respect the emperor.

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So I would have young women marry and have children and keep house and avoid giving our opponents any excuse for abusing us.

And he said to his disciples, "It is inevitable that hindrances should arise, but alas for the man who causes them!

For, as the Scripture says, the very name of God is abused among the heathen, because of you!

You must not be hindrances to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God either,

and to be sensible, pure-minded, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so as not to bring reproach on God's message.

Live upright lives among the heathen, so that even if they charge you with being evil-doers, they may from observing the uprightness of your conduct come to praise God on the Day of Judgment.

and keep your conscience clear, so that those who abuse your upright Christian conduct may be made ashamed of their slanders.