1 Timothy 6:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Let as many seruauntes as are vnder the yoke, count their maisters worthy of all honour, that the name of god and his doctrine be not blasphemed.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Ὅσοι εἰσὶν ὑπὸ ζυγὸν δοῦλοι τοὺς ἰδίους δεσπότας πάσης τιμῆς ἀξίους ἡγείσθωσαν, ἵνα μὴ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ ἡ διδασκαλία βλασφημῆται.

Transliteration

As many as eisin under zygon douloi, the idious despotās of all timēs axious let them hēgeisthōsan, in order that not the onoma of the Theou and the didaskalia may be blasphēmētai.

Grammar Details

• *Hosoi*: correlative pronoun, nominative, masculine, plural - as many as
• *eisin*: present indicative, 3rd person plural - are
• *hypo*: preposition with accusative - under
• *zygon*: accusative, masculine, singular - yoke
• *douloi*: nominative, masculine, plural - slaves/servants
• *tous idious*: accusative, masculine, plural with article - their own
• *despotās*: accusative, masculine, plural - masters
• *pasēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - all/every
• *timēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - honor/value
• *axious*: accusative, masculine, plural - worthy
• *hēgeisthōsan*: present imperative, 3rd person plural, middle/passive - let them consider/regard
• *hina*: conjunction - in order that/so that
• *mē*: negative particle - not
• *to onoma*: nominative, neuter, singular with article - the name
• *tou Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular with article - of God
• *kai*: conjunction - and
• *hē didaskalia*: nominative, feminine, singular with article - the teaching/doctrine
• *blasphēmētai*: present subjunctive, 3rd person singular, passive - may be blasphemed/slandered

Word Meanings

• *zygon*: yoke/burden/bondage
• *douloi*: slaves/servants/bondservants
• *idious*: own/private/peculiar
• *despotās*: masters/lords/owners
• *timēs*: honor/value/price/respect
• *axious*: worthy/deserving/suitable
• *hēgeisthōsan*: consider/regard/count/lead
• *onoma*: name/reputation/authority
• *didaskalia*: teaching/doctrine/instruction
• *blasphēmētai*: blasphemed/slandered/spoken evil of

Referenced Verses

• Titus 2:5 : 5 (To be) discrete, chaste, house kepers, good, obedient vnto their owne husbandes, that the worde of God be not blasphemed.
• Rom 2:24 : 24 For the name of God is euyll spoken of among the Gentiles, through you: As it is written.
• Isa 52:5 : 5 And nowe, what profite is it to me saith the Lorde? that my people is freely caryed away, & brought into heauinesse by their rulers, and my name euer styll blasphemed saith the Lorde.
• Isa 58:6 : 6 Doth not this fasting rather please me, That thou lose the wicked bands, that thou take of the ouer heauie burthens, that thou let the oppressed go free, and breake all maner of yoke?
• Ezek 36:20 : 20 And when they entred vnto the heathen whyther they went, they polluted my holy name, when they saide of them, These are the people of God, & are gone out of his lande.
• Ezek 36:23 : 23 Therefore I wyll halowe my great name againe, which among the gentiles is polluted, for ye your selues haue dishonoured it among them: & the gentiles shall know that I am the Lorde saith the Lorde God, when I shalbe sanctified in you before your eyes.
• Mal 1:6 : 6 A sonne honoureth his father, and a seruaunt his maister: If then I be a father, where is myne honour? if I be a maister, where is my feare? Saith the Lorde God of hoastes to you O ye pristes that despise my name, and ye say, Wherein haue we despised thy name?
• Matt 11:9 : 9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophete? yea I say vnto you, and more then a prophete.
• Matt 11:30 : 30 For my yoke is easie, and my burthen is lyght.
• Luke 17:1 : 1 He sayde vnto the disciples, it can not be but offences wyll come, neuerthelesse, wo vnto hym, through whom they come.
• Acts 10:7 : 7 And when the Angell whiche spake vnto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household seruauntes, and a deuout souldier of them that wayted on hym,
• Acts 10:22 : 22 And they sayde: Cornelius the capitayne, a iust man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the people of the Iewes, was warned by an holy Angel to sende for thee into his house, and to heare wordes of thee.
• Acts 15:10 : 10 Nowe therfore, why tempt ye God, to put on the disciples neckes, the yoke which neither our fathers nor we were able to beare?
• Gen 13:7-8 : 7 And there fell a stryfe betwene the heardmen of Abrams cattell, and the heardmen of Lottes cattell: Moreouer, the Chanaanites, and Pherisites dwelled at that tyme in the lande. 8 Then sayde Abram vnto Lot: let there be no strife I pray thee betweene thee and me, and betweene my heardmen and thyne, for we be brethren.
• Gen 16:9 : 9 And the angell of the Lorde sayde vnto her: Returne to thy mistresse agayne, and submit thy selfe vnder her handes.
• Gen 24:2 : 2 And Abraham saide vnto his eldest seruaut of his house, whiche had the rule ouer all that he had: put thy hande vnder my thigh:
• Gen 24:12 : 12 And he saide: Lord God of my maister Abraham, I pray thee sende me good speede this day, and shewe mercy vnto my maister Abraham.
• Gen 24:27 : 27 And sayde: blessed be the Lorde God of my maister Abraham, whiche hath not left destitute my maister of his mercye and trueth: for when I was on my iourney, the Lorde brought me to my maisters brothers house.
• Gen 24:35-67 : 35 And God blessed my maister merueylously, that he is become great, and hath geuen him sheepe and oxen, siluer and golde, men seruauntes, and maydeseruauntes, camelles and asses. 36 And Sara my maisters wyfe bare hym a sonne when she was olde, and vnto him hath he geue all that he hath. 37 And my maister made me sweare, saying: thou shalt not take a wyfe to my sonne amongest the daughters of the Chanaanites, in whose lande I dwell: 38 But thou shalt go vnto my fathers house, and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sonne. 39 And I sayde vnto my maister: peraduenture the woman wyll not folowe me. 40 And he answered me: the Lord before whom I walke, wyll sende his angell with thee, and prosper thy iourney, and thou shalt take a wyfe for my sonne of my kinred, and of my fathers house. 41 Then shalt thou be free from this othe made to me, when thou commest to my kinred: and yf they geue not thee one thou shalt be free from this othe made to me. 42 And so I came this day vnto the wel, and sayde: O Lorde the God of my maister Abraham, if it be so nowe that thou makest my iourney whiche I go prosperous, 43 Beholde, I stande by the well of water: and when a virgin commeth foorth to drawe water, and I say to her, Geue me I pray thee a little water of thy pitcher to drinke: 44 And she say to me, Drinke thou, and I wyll also drawe for thy Camelles: let the same be the woman whom the Lorde hath prepared for my maisters sonne. 45 And before I had made an ende of speakyng in myne heart, beholde, Rebecca came foorth, and her pitcher on her shoulder, and she went downe vnto the well, and drewe water, and I sayde vnto her, Geue me drinke I pray thee. 46 And she made haste, and toke downe her pitcher from her shoulder and said: Drinke, and I wyll geue thy Camelles drinke also. So I dranke, and she gaue the Camelles drinke also. 47 And I asked her, saying: whose daughter art thou? She answered: the daughter of Bethuel Nachors sonne, whom Milcha bare vnto hym: and I put the earring vpon her face, and the bracelettes vpon her handes. 48 And I bowed my selfe, and worshipped the Lorde, and blessed the Lorde God of my maister Abraham, whiche had brought me the ryght way, to take my maisters brothers daughter vnto his sonne. 49 Nowe also if he wyll consent to deale mercyfully and truely with my maister, tel me: and if not, tel me also, that I may turne me to the ryght hande, or to the left. 50 Then aunswered Laban and Bethuel, saying: This saying is proceeded euen of the Lorde, we can not therefore say vnto thee eyther good or bad. 51 Beholde, Rebecca is before thee, take her, and go, that she may be thy maisters sonnes wife, euen as god hath sayde. 52 And when Abrahams seruaunt heard theyr wordes, he worshipped the Lord, bowyng hym selfe towarde the earth. 53 And the seruaunt toke foorth iewelles of syluer, and iewelles of golde, and rayment, and gaue them to Rebecca: and to her brother, and to her mother he gaue costly gyftes 54 And they did eate and drinke, both he and the men that were with hym, and taried all night: and when they rose vp in the mornyng, he said: let me depart vnto my maister. 55 Her brother and her mother aunswered: let the damsell abyde with vs, and it be but euen ten dayes, and then shall she go. 56 He sayde vnto them: hynder me not, beholde, the Lorde hath prospered my iourney, sende me away therefore, that I may go to my maister. 57 And they sayde: we wyll call the damsell, and enquire at her mouth. 58 And they called foorth Rebecca, and sayde vnto her: wylt thou go with this man? And she aunswered, I wyll go. 59 So they let Rebecca theyr sister go, and her nurse, & Abrahams seruaunt, and his men. 60 And they blessed Rebecca, and sayde vnto her: thou art our sister, growe into thousande thousandes, and thy seede possesse the gate of his enemies. 61 And Rebecca arose and her damselles, and gat them vp vpon the Camelles, and folowed the man: and the seruaunt toke Rebecca, and went his waye. 62 And Isahac was commyng from the waye of the well of the lyuyng and seeyng me: for he dwelt in the South countrey. 63 And Isahac was gone out to pray in the fielde at the euentide, and he lift vp his eyes, and saw the Camelles commyng. 64 And Rebecca lyft vp her eyes, & when she sawe Isahac, she lyghted of the Camell, 65 (For she said vnto the seruaunt: what man is this, that commeth walkyng against vs in the fielde? And the seruaunt sayd, it is my maister): therfore she toke her vayle and couered her. 66 And the seruaunt tolde Isahac all thinges that he had done. 67 And Isahac brought her into his mother Saraes tent, and toke Rebecca, and she became his wife, and he loued her: and so Isahac receaued comfort after his mother.
• Deut 28:48 : 48 Therfore shalt thou serue thyne enemie whiche the Lorde shall sende vpon thee, in hunger, and thirst, in nakednes, and in neede of all thyng: and he shall put a yoke of iron vpon thy necke, vntyll he haue brought thee to naught.
• 2 Sam 12:14 : 14 Howbeit, because in doing this deede thou hast geuen ye enemies of the Lord a cause to blaspheme, the childe that is borne vnto thee shall surely dye.
• 2 Kgs 5:2-3 : 2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, & had brought out of the countrey of Israel a litle mayde, & she was with Naamans wyfe. 3 And she saide vnto her lady: I would to God my lorde were with the prophet that is in Samaria, for he would delyuer him of his leprosie.
• 2 Kgs 5:13 : 13 And his seruauntes came, and communed with him, and saide: Father, if the prophet had byd thee do some great thing, oughtest thou not to haue done it? How much rather then when he saith to thee, washe, and be cleane?
• Neh 9:5 : 5 And the Leuites, Iesua, and Cadmiel, Bani, and Hasabnia, Serebiah, and Hodia, Sebania, and Phathahia, sayde: Stand vp, and prayse the Lorde your God for euer, and let thankes be geue vnto the name of thy glory, which excelleth all thankes geuing and prayse.
• Isa 47:6 : 6 I was so wroth with my people, that I punished myne inheritaunce, and gaue them into thy power, neuerthelesse thou shewedst them no mercy, but euen the very aged of them diddest thou oppresse right sore with the yoke.
• 1 Cor 7:21-22 : 21 Art thou called a seruaunt? care not for it: Neuerthelesse, if thou mayest be free, vse it rather. 22 For he that is called in the Lord being a seruaunt, is the Lordes free man: Lykewyse also he that is called beyng free, is Christes seruaunt.
• 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 See that ye geue none offence, neither to the Iewes, nor yet to the Grecians, neither to the Churche of God.
• Gal 5:1 : 1 Stande fast therfore in the libertie wherwith Christe hath made vs free, and be not intangled agayne with ye yoke of bondage.
• Eph 6:5-8 : 5 Seruauntes obey them that are your bodyly maisters, with feare and tremblyng, in singlenesse of your heart, as vnto Christe. 6 Not with seruice vnto the eye, as men pleasers: but as the seruautes of Christ. 7 Doyng the wyll of God fro the heart, with good wyll seruyng the Lorde, and not men: 8 Knowyng, that whatsoeuer good thyng any man doeth, that shall he receaue agayne of the Lorde, whether he be bonde or free.
• Col 3:22-25 : 22 Seruauntes, obey in all thynges to your bodyly maisters: not with eye seruice, as men pleasers, but in singlenesse of heart, fearyng God. 23 And whatsoeuer ye do, do it heartilie, as to the Lorde, and not vnto men: 24 Knowyng, that of the Lorde ye shall receaue the rewarde of inheritaunce, for ye serue the Lorde Christe: 25 But he that doth wrong, shall receaue for the wrong he hath done: And there is no respect of persons.
• 1 Tim 5:14 : 14 I wyll therefore that the yonger women do marrie, to beare chyldren, to guyde the house, to geue none occasion to ye aduersarie to speake slaunderously.
• Titus 2:8-9 : 8 Wholsome worde, vnrebukeable, that he which withstandeth, may be ashamed, hauyng no euyll thyng to say of you. 9 Exhort seruauntes, to be obedient vnto their owne maisters, and to please them in all thynges, not aunsweryng agayne: 10 Neither pickers, but shewing all good faythfulnesse, that they may adourne the doctrine of God our sauiour in all thynges.
• 1 Pet 2:12 : 12 And see that ye haue honest conuersation among the gentiles: that where as they backbite you as euyll doers, they may by your good workes whiche they shall see, prayse God in the day of visitation.
• 1 Pet 2:17-20 : 17 Honour all men. Loue brotherly felowship. Feare God. Honour the kyng. 18 Seruauntes, obey your maisters with all feare, not only yf they be good & curteous, but also though they be frowarde. 19 For it is thanke worthy, yf a man for coscience toward god, endure griefe, and suffer wrong vndeserued. 20 For what prayse is it, yf when ye be buffeted for your faultes, ye take it paciently? But yf when ye do well ye suffer wrong, & take it paciently, then is there thanke with God.
• 1 Pet 3:16 : 16 And that with mekenesse and feare, hauyng a good conscience: that where as they backebite you as euyll doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conuersation in Christe.