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1Ti 6:1. Ὑπὸ ζυγὸν) under the yoke, viz. of heathen masters. The antithesis is, but, 1Ti 6:2. Service therefore, in the case of believers, is not a yoke.-ἰδίους, their own) Let them not turn from them, and attach themselves to others. Confusion [confounding of the existing order of things] is forbidden.-τιμῆς, honour) although they are without, i.e. not Christians. The opposite, despise, occurs presently.-ἀξίους, worthy) although they be without virtue [any remarkable merit].-ἡγείσθωσαν, let them count) with affection, and in their actual conduct.-ἵνα μὴ, that not) For the masters would say, that this was the cause of their contumacious disrespect; comp. Tit 2:5.