1 Timothy 6:1

Contemporary English Version 1995

If you are a slave, you should respect and honor your owner. This will keep people from saying bad things about God and about our teaching.

Cross References

Titus 2:5

Each of the younger women must be sensible and kind, as well as a good homemaker, who puts her own husband first. Then no one can say insulting things about God's message.

Romans 2:24

It is just as the Scriptures tell us, “You have made foreigners say insulting things about God.”

1 Peter 3:16

Give a kind and respectful answer and keep your conscience clear. This way you will make people ashamed for saying bad things about your good conduct as a follower of Christ.

1 Peter 2:12

Always let others see you behaving properly, even though they may still accuse you of doing wrong. Then on the day of judgment, they will honor God by telling the good things they saw you do.

Galatians 5:1

Christ has set us free! This means we are really free. Now hold on to your freedom and don't ever become slaves of the Law again.

Acts 15:10

Now why are you trying to make God angry by placing a heavy burden on these followers? This burden was too heavy for us or our ancestors.

Acts 10:22

They answered, “Captain Cornelius sent us. He is a good man who worships God and is liked by the Jewish people. One of God's holy angels told Cornelius to send for you, so he could hear what you have to say.”

Acts 10:7

After saying this, the angel left. Cornelius called in two of his servants and one of his soldiers who worshiped God.

Luke 17:1

Jesus said to his disciples: There will always be something that causes people to sin. But anyone who causes them to sin is in for trouble. A person who causes even one of my little followers to sin

Matthew 11:30

This yoke is easy to bear, and this burden is light.

Malachi 1:6

I, the Lord All-Powerful, have something to say to you priests. Children respect their fathers, and servants respect their masters. I am your father and your master, so why don't you respect me? You priests have insulted me, and now you ask, “How did we insult you?”

1 Timothy 5:14

I would prefer that young widows get married, have children, and look after their families. Then the enemy won't have any reason to say insulting things about us.

1 Corinthians 10:32

Don't cause problems for Jews or Greeks or anyone else who belongs to God's church.

Matthew 11:9

What did you really go out to see? Was he a prophet? He certainly was. I tell you that he was more than a prophet.

Ezekiel 36:23

and to show foreign nations that I am holy. Then they will know that I am the Lord God. I have spoken.

Ezekiel 36:20

Wherever they went, my name was disgraced, because foreigners insulted my people by saying I had forced them out of their own land.

Isaiah 58:6

I'll tell you what it really means to worship the Lord. Remove the chains of prisoners who are bound unjustly. Free those who are abused!

Isaiah 52:5

and now another nation has taken you prisoner for no reason at all. Your leaders groan with pain, and day after day my own name is cursed.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people. So I let you take their land and bring disgrace on them. You showed them no mercy, but were especially cruel to those who were old.

Nehemiah 9:5

Then the Levites Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said: “Stand and shout praises to your Lord, the eternal God! Praise his wonderful name, though he is greater than words can express.”

2 Kings 5:13

His servants went over to him and said, “Sir, if the prophet had told you to do something difficult, you would have done it. So why don't you do what he said? Go wash and be cured.”

Deuteronomy 28:48

he will send enemies to attack you and make you their slaves. Then you will live in poverty with nothing to eat, drink, or wear, and your owners will work you to death.

Genesis 24:27

“I thank you, Lord God of my master Abraham! You have led me to his relatives and kept your promise to him.”

Genesis 24:12

The servant prayed: You, Lord, are the God my master Abraham worships. Please keep your promise to him and let me find a wife for Isaac today.

Genesis 24:2

One day, Abraham called in his most trusted servant and said to him, “Solemnly promise me

Genesis 16:9

The angel said, “Go back to Sarai and be her slave.