¹⁸ Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.

⁹ Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting;

¹⁰ not stealing, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things.

¹ Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine not be blasphemed.

² Those who have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brothers, but rather let them serve them, because those who partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. Teach and exhort these things.

³ If anyone teaches a different doctrine, and doesn't consent to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness,

²² Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.

²³ And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

²⁴ knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.

²⁵ But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.

¹⁷ But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

⁵ Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;

⁶ not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

⁷ with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;

² to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

¹ Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you.

²⁰ Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, But those whose ways are blameless are his delight.

³² The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, But the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

¹³ The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

³² For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, But his friendship is with the upright.

⁴ A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.