^oLet all who are under a yoke as bondservants¹ regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, ^pso that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled.

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Footnotes

1For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see )

Cross references

oSee 1 Pet. 2:18
p Isa. 52:5; Rom. 2:24; Titus 2:5

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

All who are under the yoke of slavery should consider their masters worthy of full respect, so that God’s name and our teaching may not be slandered.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

All who are under the yoke as slaves should regard their own masters as worthy of all respect, so that God’s name and his teaching will not be blasphemed.

NLTNew Living Translation

All slaves should show full respect for their masters so they will not bring shame on the name of God and his teaching.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

All those who are under the yoke as slaves must regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, lest the name of God and the teaching be slandered.

KJV 1900King James Version

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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