6 ^(A)Let all who are under a yoke as slaves^[a] regard their own masters as worthy of all honour, ^(B)so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled.

⁵ to be self-controlled, ^(A)pure, ^(B)working at home, kind, and ^(C)submissive to their own husbands, ^(D)that the word of God may not be reviled.

⁸ and ^(A)sound speech that cannot be condemned, ^(B)so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.