1 Timothy 6:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Believing

Colossians 4:1

Philemon 1:10

Let

Matthew 6:24

2 Peter 2:10

Jude 1:8

Because they are brethren

Because they are

Partakers

These

1 Timothy 4:11

Titus 2:1

Titus 3:8

General references

1 Timothy 4:11

Bible References

Believing

Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

10 I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.

Let

No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

and especially those who indulge the flesh in its corrupt desire and despise authority. Bold and willful, they are not afraid to revile the glorious ones,

Yet in the same way these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.

Because they are brethren

Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers,

But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have only one Master, and you are all brethren.

And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.'

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

For you are all sons of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.

Here there is no Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free, but Christ is all, and in all.

Because they are

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any avail, but faith working through love.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus and faithful in Christ Jesus:

to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are at Colossae: grace to you and peace from God our Father.

So, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience;

We ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as is fitting, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.

because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,

Partakers

And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the rest to share the root of the olive tree,

that is, how the Gentiles are fellow heirs and members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

Therefore, holy brethren, who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.

So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ and a partaker in the glory that is to be revealed,

These

Command and teach these things.

But as for you, teach what befits sound doctrine.

This is a trustworthy saying; and concerning these things I want you to speak confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to devote themselves to good deeds. These things are excellent and profitable for men.

General references

Command and teach these things.