Parallel Verses
- Amplified Bible - All who are under the yoke as bond-servants (slaves) are to regard their own masters as worthy of honor and respect so that the name of God and the teaching [about Him] will not be spoken against.
- 新标点和合本 - 凡在轭下作仆人的，当以自己主人配受十分的恭敬，免得 神的名和道理被人亵渎。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 凡负轭作奴隶的，要认为自己的主人配受各样的尊敬，免得上帝的名和教导被人亵渎。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 凡负轭作奴隶的，要认为自己的主人配受各样的尊敬，免得 神的名和教导被人亵渎。
- 当代译本 - 做奴仆的要全心尊重自己的主人，免得上帝的名和我们的教导被人亵渎。
- 圣经新译本 - 凡负轭作奴仆的，应当看自己的主人是配受十分的敬重，免得 神的名和道理被人亵渎。
- 中文标准译本 - 凡是负轭做奴仆的，应该看自己的主人配受十分尊重，免得神的名和神的教导受到亵渎。
- 现代标点和合本 - 凡在轭下做仆人的，当以自己主人配受十分的恭敬，免得神的名和道理被人亵渎。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 凡在轭下作仆人的，当以自己主人配受十分的恭敬，免得上帝的名和道理被人亵渎。
- New International Version - 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.
- New International Reader's Version - All who are forced to serve as slaves should consider their masters worthy of full respect. Then people will not speak evil things against God’s name and against what we teach.
- English Standard Version - 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.
- New 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.
- The Message - Whoever is a slave must make the best of it, giving respect to his master so that outsiders don’t blame God and our teaching for his behavior. Slaves with Christian masters all the more so—their masters are really their beloved brothers!
- Christian 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.
- New American Standard Bible - All who are under the yoke as slaves are to regard their own masters as worthy of all honor so that the name of God and our doctrine will not be spoken against.
- New King James Version - Let as many bondservants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and His doctrine may not be blasphemed.
- American Standard Version - Let as many as are servants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine be not blasphemed.
- King 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.
- New English Translation - Those who are under the yoke as slaves must regard their own masters as deserving of full respect. This will prevent the name of God and Christian teaching from being discredited.
- World English Bible - Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine not be blasphemed.
- 新標點和合本 - 凡在軛下作僕人的，當以自己主人配受十分的恭敬，免得神的名和道理被人褻瀆。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 凡負軛作奴隸的，要認為自己的主人配受各樣的尊敬，免得上帝的名和教導被人褻瀆。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 凡負軛作奴隸的，要認為自己的主人配受各樣的尊敬，免得 神的名和教導被人褻瀆。
- 當代譯本 - 作奴僕的要全心尊重自己的主人，免得上帝的名和我們的教導被人褻瀆。
- 聖經新譯本 - 凡負軛作奴僕的，應當看自己的主人是配受十分的敬重，免得 神的名和道理被人褻瀆。
- 呂振中譯本 - 凡負軛為僕人的、應當以自己的主人為配受各樣尊敬的，免得上帝的名、以及教義、受謗讟。
- 中文標準譯本 - 凡是負軛做奴僕的，應該看自己的主人配受十分尊重，免得神的名和神的教導受到褻瀆。
- 現代標點和合本 - 凡在軛下做僕人的，當以自己主人配受十分的恭敬，免得神的名和道理被人褻瀆。
- 文理和合譯本 - 凡服軛之奴、當視其主為可尊、免上帝之名與教受謗也、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 夫既服役為奴、則務敬厥主、免上帝名與教見譏於人、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 凡服役為奴者、當以凡事敬其主人為宜、免天主之名與教見謗於人、
- 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 凡身為奴僕者、當尊敬其主人、庶免天主聖名聖道之被人褻瀆。
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Todos los que aún son esclavos deben reconocer que sus amos merecen todo respeto; así evitarán que se hable mal del nombre de Dios y de nuestra enseñanza.
- 현대인의 성경 - 모든 종들은 당연히 자기 주인을 존경해야 합니다. 그래야만 하나님의 이름 과 우리의 가르침이 비웃음을 사지 않을 것입니다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Те, кто находится под игом рабства, пусть относятся со всем уважением к своим хозяевам, чтобы ни имя Бога, ни наше учение не были опорочены.
- Восточный перевод - Те, кто находится под игом рабства, пусть относятся со всем уважением к своим хозяевам, чтобы ни имя Всевышнего, ни наше учение не были опорочены.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Те, кто находится под игом рабства, пусть относятся со всем уважением к своим хозяевам, чтобы ни имя Аллаха, ни наше учение не были опорочены.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Те, кто находится под игом рабства, пусть относятся со всем уважением к своим хозяевам, чтобы ни имя Всевышнего, ни наше учение не были опорочены.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Les croyants qui sont esclaves doivent considérer leurs maîtres comme ayant droit à tout leur respect. Ils éviteront ainsi que le nom de Dieu soit blasphémé et notre enseignement dénigré.
- リビングバイブル - クリスチャンである奴隷は、主人を心から尊敬して、一生懸命働きなさい。キリストに従う者となりながら、怠け者だと非難されてはなりません。神の御名と教えとが笑いものにされてはなりませんから。
- Nestle Aland 28 - Ὅσοι εἰσὶν ὑπὸ ζυγὸν δοῦλοι, τοὺς ἰδίους δεσπότας πάσης τιμῆς ἀξίους ἡγείσθωσαν, ἵνα μὴ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἡ διδασκαλία βλασφημῆται.
- unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ὅσοι εἰσὶν ὑπὸ ζυγὸν δοῦλοι, τοὺς ἰδίους δεσπότας πάσης τιμῆς ἀξίους ἡγείσθωσαν, ἵνα μὴ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ ἡ διδασκαλία βλασφημῆται.
- Nova Versão Internacional - Todos os que estão sob o jugo da escravidão devem considerar seus senhores dignos de todo o respeito, para que o nome de Deus e o nosso ensino não sejam blasfemados.
- Hoffnung für alle - Wer sich als Sklave seinem Herrn unterordnen muss, der soll ihn achten und ehren, damit der Name Gottes und die Lehre unseres Glaubens nicht durch sein schlechtes Verhalten in Verruf geraten.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Tôi tớ phải hết lòng tôn kính chủ, để Danh Đức Chúa Trời và Đạo Ngài khỏi bị xúc phạm.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - คนทั้งปวงที่อยู่ใต้แอกแห่งความเป็นทาส พึงถือว่าเจ้านายของตนสมควรได้รับความเคารพนับถืออย่างเต็มที่ เพื่อจะไม่มีใครมาว่าร้ายพระนามของพระเจ้าและคำสอนของเราได้
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - จงให้ทุกคนที่อยู่ใต้แอกแห่งความเป็นทาส ถือว่านายของตนสมควรแก่การได้รับความเคารพโดยบริบูรณ์ เพื่อว่าพระนามของพระเจ้า และการสั่งสอนของเราจะได้ไม่ถูกกล่าวหาว่าร้าย
Cross Reference
- Ezekiel 36:20 - When they came to the nations wherever they went, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord; yet they have come out of His land.’
- Isaiah 52:5 - But now, what do I have here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that My people have been taken away without reason? Those who rule over them howl [with taunting and mockery of salvation],” declares the Lord, “and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.
- 1 Peter 2:12 - Keep your behavior excellent among the [unsaved] Gentiles [conduct yourself honorably, with graciousness and integrity], so that for whatever reason they may slander you as evildoers, yet by observing your good deeds they may [instead come to] glorify God in the day of visitation [when He looks upon them with mercy].
- Acts 10:7 - When the angel who was speaking to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his own personal attendants;
- Ezekiel 36:23 - I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord,” says the Lord God, “when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight.
- 2 Kings 5:13 - Then his servants approached and said to him, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he has said to you, ‘Wash, and be clean?’ ”
- Isaiah 58:6 - [Rather] is this not the fast which I choose, To undo the bonds of wickedness, To tear to pieces the ropes of the yoke, To let the oppressed go free And break apart every [enslaving] yoke?
- Matthew 11:9 - But what did you [really] go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and one [more eminent, more remarkable, and] far more than a prophet [who foretells the future].
- Genesis 24:12 - And he said, “O Lord, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today, and show lovingkindness (faithfulness) to my master Abraham.
- Malachi 1:6 - “ ‘A son honors his father, and a servant his master. Then if I am a Father, where is My honor? And if I am a Master, where is the [reverent] fear and respect due Me?’ says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise My name. But you say, ‘How and in what way have we despised Your name?’
- Genesis 24:27 - He said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not denied His lovingkindness and His truth to my master. As for me, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brothers.”
- 2 Kings 5:2 - The Arameans (Syrians) had gone out in bands [as raiders] and had taken captive a little girl from the land of Israel; and she waited on Naaman’s wife [as a servant].
- 2 Kings 5:3 - She said to her mistress, “I wish that my master [Naaman] were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would heal him of his leprosy.”
- Isaiah 47:6 - I was angry with My people, I profaned [Judah] My inheritance And gave them into your hand [Babylon]. You showed them no mercy; You made your yoke very heavy on the aged.
- Titus 2:8 - sound and beyond reproach in instruction, so that the opponent [of the faith] will be shamed, having nothing bad to say about us.
- Titus 2:9 - Urge bond-servants to be subject to their own masters in everything, to be pleasing and not talk back,
- Titus 2:10 - not stealing [things, regardless of value], but proving themselves trustworthy, so that in every respect they will adorn and do credit to the teaching of God our Savior.
- 1 Corinthians 10:32 - Do not offend Jews or Greeks or even the church of God [but live to honor Him];
- 1 Timothy 5:14 - So I want younger widows to get married, have children, manage their households, and not give opponents of the faith any occasion for slander.
- Genesis 24:2 - Abraham said to his servant [Eliezer of Damascus], the oldest of his household, who had charge over all that Abraham owned, “Please, put your hand under my thigh [as is customary for affirming a solemn oath],
- Nehemiah 9:5 - Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless (praise, honor) the Lord your God from everlasting to everlasting. May Your glorious name be blessed And exalted above all blessing and praise.”
- Genesis 24:35 - The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great (wealthy, powerful); He has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and maids, and camels and donkeys.
- Genesis 24:36 - Now Sarah my master’s wife bore a son to my master when she was in her old age, and he has given everything that he has to him.
- Genesis 24:37 - My master made me swear [an oath], saying, ‘You must not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live;
- Genesis 24:38 - but you shall [instead] go to my father’s house and to my family and take a wife for my son [Isaac].’
- Genesis 24:39 - Then I said to my master, ‘But suppose the woman will not follow me [back to this land].’
- Genesis 24:40 - He said to me, ‘The Lord, before whom I walk [habitually and obediently], will send His angel with you to make your journey successful, and you will take a wife for my son from my relatives and from my father’s house;
- Genesis 24:41 - then you will be free of my oath, when you come to my relatives; and if they do not give her to you, you will [also] be free of my oath.’
- Genesis 24:42 - “I came today to the spring, and said, ‘O Lord, God of my master Abraham, if now You will make my journey on which I go successful;
- Genesis 24:43 - please look, I am standing by the spring of water; now let it be that when the maiden [whom You have chosen for Isaac] comes out to draw [water], and to whom I say, “Please, give me a little water to drink from your jar”;
- Genesis 24:44 - and if she says to me, “You drink, and I will also draw [water] for your camels”; let that woman be the one whom the Lord has selected and chosen [as a wife] for my master’s son.’
- Genesis 24:45 - “Before I had finished praying in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her [water] jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. And I said to her, ‘Please, let me have a drink.’
- Genesis 24:46 - And she quickly let down her jar from her shoulder, and said, ‘Drink, and I will also water your camels’; so I drank, and she also watered the camels.
- Genesis 24:47 - Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him’; and I put the ring in her nose, and the bracelets on her arms.
- Genesis 24:48 - And I bowed down my head and worshiped the Lord, and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take the daughter of my master’s brother to his son [as a wife].
- Genesis 24:49 - So now if you are going to show kindness and truth to my master [being faithful to him], tell me; and if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right or to the left [and go on my way].”
- Genesis 24:50 - Then Laban and Bethuel answered, “The matter has come from the Lord; so we dare not speak bad or good [to you about it—we cannot interfere].
- Genesis 24:51 - Rebekah is before you; take her and go, and let her be the wife of your master’s son, as the Lord has spoken.”
- Genesis 24:52 - When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the ground [in worship] before the Lord.
- Genesis 24:53 - Then the servant brought out jewelry of silver, jewelry of gold, and articles of clothing, and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave precious things to her brother and her mother.
- Genesis 24:54 - Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night [there]. In the morning when they got up, he said, “Now send me back to my master.”
- Genesis 24:55 - But Rebekah’s brother and mother said, “Let the girl stay with us a few days—at least ten; then she may go.”
- Genesis 24:56 - But Eliezer said to them, “Do not delay me, since the Lord has prospered my way. Send me away, so that I may go back to my master.”
- Genesis 24:57 - And they said, “We will call the girl and ask her what she prefers.”
- Genesis 24:58 - So they called Rebekah and said, “Will you go with this man?” And she answered, “I will go.”
- Genesis 24:59 - So they sent off their sister Rebekah and her nurse [Deborah, as her attendant] and Abraham’s servant [Eliezer] and his men.
- Genesis 24:60 - They blessed Rebekah and said to her, “May you, our sister, Become [the mother of] thousands of ten thousands, And may your descendants possess (conquer) The [city] gate of those who hate them.”
- Genesis 24:61 - Then Rebekah and her attendants stood, and they mounted camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and went on his way.
- Genesis 24:62 - Now Isaac had returned from going to Beer-lahai-roi (Well of the Living One Who Sees Me), for he was living in the Negev.
- Genesis 24:63 - Isaac went out to bow down [in prayer] in the field in the [early] evening; he raised his eyes and looked, and camels were coming.
- Genesis 24:64 - Rebekah also raised her eyes and looked, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from her camel.
- Genesis 24:65 - She said to the servant, “Who is that man there walking across the field to meet us?” And the servant said, “He is my master [Isaac].” So she took a veil and covered herself [as was customary].
- Genesis 24:66 - The servant told Isaac everything that he had done.
- Genesis 24:67 - Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and he took Rebekah [in marriage], and she became his wife, and he loved her; therefore Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
- Acts 15:10 - Now then, why are you testing God by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we have been able to endure?
- Acts 10:22 - They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man well spoken of by all the Jewish people, was divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and hear what you have to say.”
- Genesis 13:7 - And there was strife and quarreling between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdsmen of Lot’s cattle. Now the Canaanite and the Perizzite were living in the land at that same time [making grazing of the livestock difficult].
- Genesis 13:8 - So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife and disagreement between you and me, nor between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, because we are relatives.
- 1 Corinthians 7:21 - Were you a slave when you were called? Do not worry about that [since your status as a believer is equal to that of a freeborn believer]; but if you are able to gain your freedom, do that.
- 1 Corinthians 7:22 - For he who was a slave when he was called in the Lord is a freedman of the Lord, likewise he who was free when he was called is a slave of Christ.
- Ephesians 6:5 - Slaves, be obedient to those who are your earthly masters, with respect for authority, and with a sincere heart [seeking to please them], as [service] to Christ—
- Ephesians 6:6 - not in the way of eye-service [working only when someone is watching you and only] to please men, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart;
- Ephesians 6:7 - rendering service with goodwill, as to the Lord, and not [only] to men,
- Ephesians 6:8 - knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive this back from the Lord, whether [he is] slave or free.
- 2 Samuel 12:14 - Nevertheless, because by this deed you have given [a great] opportunity to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme [Him], the son that is born to you shall certainly die.”
- Colossians 3:22 - Servants, in everything obey those who are your masters on earth, not only with external service, as those who merely please people, but with sincerity of heart because of your fear of the Lord.
- Colossians 3:23 - Whatever you do [whatever your task may be], work from the soul [that is, put in your very best effort], as [something done] for the Lord and not for men,
- Colossians 3:24 - knowing [with all certainty] that it is from the Lord [not from men] that you will receive the inheritance which is your [greatest] reward. It is the Lord Christ whom you [actually] serve.
- Colossians 3:25 - For he who does wrong will be punished for his wrongdoing, and [with God] there is no partiality [no special treatment based on a person’s position in life].
- Genesis 16:9 - The Angel of the Lord said to her, “Go back to your mistress, and submit humbly to her authority.”
- Deuteronomy 28:48 - you will therefore serve your enemies whom the Lord sends against you, in hunger and in thirst, in nakedness and in lack of all things; and He will put an iron yoke [of slavery] on your neck until He has destroyed you.
- Luke 17:1 - Jesus said to His disciples, “Stumbling blocks [temptations and traps set to lure one to sin] are sure to come, but woe (judgment is coming) to him through whom they come!
- Matthew 11:30 - For My yoke is easy [to bear] and My burden is light.”
- Galatians 5:1 - It was for this freedom that Christ set us free [completely liberating us]; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery [which you once removed].
- 1 Peter 3:16 - And see to it that your conscience is entirely clear, so that every time you are slandered or falsely accused, those who attack or disparage your good behavior in Christ will be shamed [by their own words].
- Romans 2:24 - For, “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it is written [in Scripture].
- 1 Peter 2:17 - Show respect for all people [treat them honorably], love the brotherhood [of believers], fear God, honor the king.
- 1 Peter 2:18 - Servants, be submissive to your masters with all [proper] respect, not only to those who are good and kind, but also to those who are unreasonable.
- 1 Peter 2:19 - For this finds favor, if a person endures the sorrow of suffering unjustly because of an awareness of [the will of] God.
- 1 Peter 2:20 - After all, what kind of credit is there if, when you do wrong and are punished for it, you endure it patiently? But if when you do what is right and patiently bear [undeserved] suffering, this finds favor with God.
- Titus 2:5 - to be sensible, pure, makers of a home [where God is honored], good-natured, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored.