1Ti 6:1-3, 1Pe 2:18 | ESV | STEP | Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants regard their own masters as worthy of all honor , so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled .

1 Timothy 6:1-3

1 ^aLet all who are under a yoke as bondservants ^{▼▼Or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)} regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, ^cso that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled. 2 Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are ^dbrothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved.

False Teachers and True Contentment

^eTeach and urge these things. 3 If anyone ^fteaches a different doctrine and does not agree with ^gthe sound ^{▼▼Or healthy} words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching ⁱthat accords with godliness,

1 Peter 2:18

18 ^jServants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.