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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

凡服軛之奴、當視其主為可尊、免上帝之名與教受謗也、

夫既服役為奴、則務敬厥主、免上帝名與教見譏於人、

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、

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。

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

to be self- controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God. (niv)

Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.Slaves, in reverent fear of God submit yourselves to your masters, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh.For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God.But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. (niv)

As it is written:“ God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.” (niv)

keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. (niv)

For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” (niv)

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. (niv)

Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. (niv)

And the Levites— Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah— said:“ Stand up and praise the Lord your God, who is from everlasting to everlasting.”“ Blessed be your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise. (niv)

Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us. (niv)

Then he prayed,“ Lord, God of my master Abraham, make me successful today, and show kindness to my master Abraham. (niv)

Naaman’s servants went to him and said,“ 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 tells you,‘ Wash and be cleansed’!” (niv)

The men replied,“ We have come from Cornelius the centurion. He is a righteous and God- fearing man, who is respected by all the Jewish people. A holy angel told him to ask you to come to his house so that he could hear what you have to say.” (niv)

Jesus said to his disciples:“ Things that cause people to stumble are bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come. (niv)

And wherever they went among the nations they profaned my holy name, for it was said of them,‘ These are the Lord’s people, and yet they had to leave his land.’ (niv)

And quarreling arose between Abram’s herders and Lot’s. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.So Abram said to Lot,“ Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives. (niv)

When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier who was one of his attendants. (niv)

Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people,because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free. (niv)

Were you a slave when you were called? Don’t let it trouble you— although if you can gain your freedom, do so.For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave. (niv)

Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear? (niv)

Then the angel of the Lord told her,“ Go back to your mistress and submit to her.” (niv)

I was angry with my people and desecrated my inheritance; I gave them into your hand, and you showed them no mercy. Even on the aged you laid a very heavy yoke. (niv)

saying,“ Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his kindness and faithfulness to my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.” (niv)

therefore in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the Lord sends against you. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you. (niv)

So I counsel younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander. (niv)

But because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for the Lord, the son born to you will die.” (niv)

The Lord has blessed my master abundantly, and he has become wealthy. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and he has given him everything he owns.And my master made me swear an oath, and said,‘ You must not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,but go to my father’s family and to my own clan, and get a wife for my son.’“ Then I asked my master,‘ What if the woman will not come back with me?’“ He replied,‘ The Lord, before whom I have walked faithfully, will send his angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you can get a wife for my son from my own clan and from my father’s family.You will be released from my oath if, when you go to my clan, they refuse to give her to you— then you will be released from my oath.’“ When I came to the spring today, I said,‘ Lord, God of my master Abraham, if you will, please grant success to the journey on which I have come.See, I am standing beside this spring. If a young woman comes out to draw water and I say to her,“ Please let me drink a little water from your jar,”and if she says to me,“ Drink, and I’ll draw water for your camels too,” let her be the one the Lord has chosen for my master’s son.’“ Before I finished praying in my heart, Rebekah came out, with her jar on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and drew water, and I said to her,‘ Please give me a drink.’“ She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said,‘ Drink, and I’ll water your camels too.’ So I drank, and she watered the camels also.“ I asked her,‘ Whose daughter are you?’“ She said,‘ The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milkah bore to him.’“ Then I put the ring in her nose and the bracelets on her arms,and I bowed down and worshiped the Lord. I praised the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me on the right road to get the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, so I may know which way to turn.”Laban and Bethuel answered,“ This is from the Lord; we can say nothing to you one way or the other.Here is Rebekah; take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, as the Lord has directed.”When Abraham’s servant heard what they said, he bowed down to the ground before the Lord.Then the servant brought out gold and silver jewelry and articles of clothing and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave costly gifts to her brother and to her mother.Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said,“ Send me on my way to my master.”But her brother and her mother replied,“ Let the young woman remain with us ten days or so; then you may go.”But he said to them,“ Do not detain me, now that the Lord has granted success to my journey. Send me on my way so I may go to my master.”Then they said,“ Let’s call the young woman and ask her about it.”So they called Rebekah and asked her,“ Will you go with this man?”“ I will go,” she said.So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.And they blessed Rebekah and said to her,“ Our sister, may you increase to thousands upon thousands; may your offspring possess the cities of their enemies.”Then Rebekah and her attendants got ready and mounted the camels and went back with the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.Now Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.He went out to the field one evening to meditate, and as he looked up, he saw camels approaching.Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her cameland asked the servant,“ Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?”“ He is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.Then the servant told Isaac all he had done.Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death. (niv)

He said to the senior servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had,“ Put your hand under my thigh. (niv)

“ And now what do I have here?” declares the Lord.“ For my people have been taken away for nothing, and those who rule them mock,” declares the Lord.“ And all day long my name is constantly blasphemed. (niv)

and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them,and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive. (niv)

“ Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? (niv)

Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God— (niv)

Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord.Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for their wrongs, and there is no favoritism. (niv)

Now bands of raiders from Aram had gone out and had taken captive a young girl from Israel, and she served Naaman’s wife.She said to her mistress,“ If only my master would see the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.” (niv)

“ A son honors his father, and a slave his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me?” says the Lord Almighty.“ It is you priests who show contempt for my name.“ But you ask,‘ How have we shown contempt for your name?’ (niv)

I will show the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Sovereign Lord, when I am proved holy through you before their eyes. (niv)