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.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Que tous ceux qui sont sous le joug de la servitude regardent leurs maîtres comme dignes de tout honneur, afin que le nom de Dieu et la doctrine ne soient pas blasphémés.
KJV
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.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
would seem that unbelievers may have authority or dominion over the faithful. For the Apostle says ( 1 Tim. 6:1 ): "Whosoever are servants under the yoke, let them count their masters worthy of all honor": and it is clear that he is speaking of unbelievers, since he adds ( 1 Tim.…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
thy mother." Again masters, though they be wicked, should be honored by their servants, according to 1 Tim. 6:1 : "Whoever are servants under the yoke, let them count their masters worthy of all honor." Therefore it seems that it is not a sin to respect persons in showing honor.…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
not from the bodily bondage, whereby they are held bound to earthly masters, as a gloss observes on 1 Tim. 6:1, "Whosoever are servants under the yoke," etc. Reply to Objection 2: The Old Law was a figure of the New Testament, and therefore it had to cease on the advent of truth.…
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