22 [a](A)Slaves, obey those who are your [b]human masters in everything, (B)not with [c]eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 3:22 I.e., slaves in first-century Roman culture
  2. Colossians 3:22 Lit masters according to flesh
  3. Colossians 3:22 I.e., working only when watched

Instructions to Those Who Minister

(A)All who are under the yoke as slaves are to regard their own masters as worthy of all honor (B)so that the name of God and our doctrine will not be [a]spoken against.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 6:1 Or blasphemed

Urge [a](A)slaves to be subject to their own masters in everything, to be pleasing, not [b]argumentative,

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Footnotes

  1. Titus 2:9 I.e., slaves in first-century Roman culture
  2. Titus 2:9 Lit contradicting

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