¹⁸ The domestics! be subjecting yourselves in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the cross;

⁹ Servants -- to their own masters `are' to be subject, in all things to be well-pleasing, not gainsaying,

¹⁰ not purloining, but showing all good stedfastness, that the teaching of God our Saviour they may adorn in all things.

¹ As many as are servants under a yoke, their own masters worthy of all honour let them reckon, that the name of God and the teaching may not be evil spoken of;

² and those having believing masters, let them not slight `them', because they are brethren, but rather let them serve, because they are stedfast and beloved, who of the benefit are partaking. These things be teaching and exhorting;

³ if any one be teaching otherwise, and do not consent to sound words -- those of our Lord Jesus Christ -- and to the teaching according to piety,

²² The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God;

²³ and all, whatever ye may do -- out of soul work -- as to the Lord, and not to men,

²⁴ having known that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance -- for the Lord Christ ye serve;

²⁵ and he who is doing unrighteously shall receive what he did unrighteously, and there is no acceptance of persons.

¹⁷ and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: --

⁵ The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;

⁶ not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of soul,

⁷ with good-will serving, as to the Lord, and not to men,

² of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome -- gentle, showing all meekness to all men,

²² And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

¹ And I, Paul, myself, do call upon you -- through the meekness and gentleness of the Christ -- who in presence, indeed `am' humble among you, and being absent, have courage toward you,

²⁰ An abomination to Jehovah `are' the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way `are' His delight.

³² The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!

¹³ The fear of Jehovah `is' to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

³² For an abomination to Jehovah `is' the perverted, And with the upright `is' His secret counsel.

⁴ A perverse heart turneth aside from me, Wickedness I know not.