1 Timothy 6:1-3

International Standard Version

Duties of Servants and Masters

6 All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their own masters as deserving of the highest respect,^[a] so that the name of God and our teaching may not be discredited.^{[b] 2} Moreover, those who have believing masters should be respectful to them, because they are fellow believers.^[c] In fact, they must serve them even better, because those who benefit from their service are believers and dear to them. These are the things you must teach and exhort.

Rules for Godly Living

³ If anyone teaches false doctrine and refuses to agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah,^[d] and godly teaching,