Vincent's Word Studies in the NT

1 Timothy 6:1

As many servants as are under the yoke (ο σ ο ι ε ι σ ι ν υ π ο ζ υ γ ο ν δ ο υ λ ο ι]. Incorrect. Rather, as many as are under the yoke as bondservants. As bondservants is added in explanation of under the yoke, which implies a hard and disagreeable condition. Yoke is used only here of the state of slavery. In Galatians 5:1; Acts 14:10, of the Mosaic law. See on Matthew 11:29.

Their own [τ ο υ ς ι δ ι ο υ ς]. Lit. private, personal, peculiar, as 1 Corinthians 3:8; 1 Corinthians 7:7. Sometimes strange, eccentric. Constrasted with dhmosiov public or koinov common. See Acts 4:32. Sometimes without emphasis, substantially = possessive pronoun, just as Lat. proprius passes into suus or ejus, or oijkeiov belonging to one's house into the simple one's own. See on Galatians 6:10, and comp. Matthew 22:5; Matthew 25:14. In LXX commonly with the emphatic sense. Very often in the phrase kat' ijdian privately, as Mark 4:34; Luke 9:10; Galatians 2:2, but nowhere in Pastorals.

Masters [δ ε σ π ο τ α ς]. Comp. Titus 2:9, and see on 2 Peter 2:1. Not in Paul, who styles the master of slaves kuriov Lord. See Ephesians 6:9; Colossians 4:1.

Count [η γ ε ι σ θ ω σ α ν]. Implying a more conscious, a surer judgment, resting on more careful weighing of the facts. See Philippians 2:3; Philippians 2:6. Be not blasphemed [μ η - β λ α σ φ η μ η τ α ι]. Or be evil spoken of. See on blasphemy, Mark 7:22, and be evil spoken of, Romans 14:16; 1 Corinthians 10:30. Paul uses the word, but not in the active voice as in the Pastorals.

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