Robertson Word Pictures - 1 Timothy 6:1 - 6:1

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Robertson Word Pictures - 1 Timothy 6:1 - 6:1


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Under the yoke (hupo zugon). As slaves (douloi, bondsmen). Perhaps under heathen masters (1Pe 2:18). For the slave problem, see also Phm 1:1; Col 3:22; Eph 6:5; Tit 2:9. See note on Mat 11:29 for Christ’s “yoke” (zugon, from zeugnumi, to join).

Their own masters (tous idious despotas). That is always where the shoe pinches. Our “despot” is this very Greek word, the strict correlative of slave (doulos), while kurios has a wider outlook. Old word only here, Tit 2:9; 2Ti 2:21; 1Pe 2:18 for human masters. Applied to God in Luk 2:29; Act 4:24, Act 4:29 and to Christ in 2Pe 2:1.

The name of God (to onoma tou theou). See Rom 2:24. If the heathen could say that Christian slaves were not as dependable as non-Christian slaves. Negative purpose with hina mē and present passive subjunctive (blasphēmētai).