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.
These things teach and exhort: The message Paul delivers to Timothy by the written word was to be given to others by instructive discourse and to be enjoined by exhortation. It is always profitable to teach the contents of the written word soundly and to urge that the teaching and its implications be obeyed.