1 Timothy
1 Timothy 6:1
1All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as fully worthy of honor, so that God’s name and our teaching will not be discredited.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All who | Ὅσοι | Hosoi | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural | G3745 how much, how great, how many |
| are | εἰσὶν | eisin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G1510 I am, exist |
| under | ὑπὸ | hypo | Preposition | G5259 by, under, about |
| yoke | ζυγὸν | zygon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G2218 a yoke, heavy burden, pair of scales |
| of slavery | δοῦλοι | douloi | Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural | G1401 a male slave |
| should regard | ἡγείσθωσαν | hēgeisthōsan | Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural | G2233 I lead, think |
| masters | δεσπότας | despotas | Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural | G1203 a lord, master, or prince |
| fully | πάσης | pasēs | Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular | G3956 all, the whole, every kind of |
| worthy | ἀξίους | axious | Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural | G514 worthy, worthy of, deserving |
| of honor | τιμῆς | timēs | Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular | G5092 a price, honor |
| so that | ἵνα | hina | Conjunction | G2443 in order that, so that |
| God’s | Θεοῦ | Theou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| name | ὄνομα | onoma | Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular | G3686 name, character, reputation |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| teaching | διδασκαλία | didaskalia | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G1319 instruction, teaching |
| will not be discredited | βλασφημῆται | blasphēmētai | Verb - Present Subjunctive Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G987 I speak evil against, blaspheme |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 Peter 2:17–20 · Titus 2:5 · Ephesians 6:5–8 · Titus 2:8–10 · 1 Corinthians 7:21–22 · Romans 2:24 · Colossians 3:22–25 · Malachi 1:6 · Galatians 5:1 · Acts 10:7 · 1 Peter 2:12 · 1 Peter 3:16
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.