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1 Timothy 6:2 KJV
1 Timothy · chapter 6 · verse 2 · King James Version
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.1 Timothy 6:2 · King James Version
1 Timothy 6:2 in context
1Let 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.
2And 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.
3If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
4He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
Key words (Strong's)
- believingpistostrusty, faithful, of persons who show themselves faithful in the transaction of business…G4103 →
- partakersantilambanōto lay hold of, hold fast to anything, to take a person or thing in order as it were to…G482 →
- brethrenadelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- mastersdespotēsa master, LordG1203 →
- despisekataphroneōto contemn, despise, disdain, think little or nothing ofG2706 →
- servicedouleuōto be a slave, serve, do service, of a nation in subjection to other nations, metaph. to…G1398 →
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