Titus 2:9

Exhort slaves to subordinate themselves to their own owners, to be well pleasing in all things, not talking back,

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In The King James Version

Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;

In Context

8—healthy speech, beyond reproach—so that the opponent may be put to shame, having nothing slighting to say about us.

10not pilfering but showing total trustworthiness, so as to adorn the doctrine of our Savior God in everything.

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Cross References

Ephesians 5:24Yes, just as the Church is subject to Christ, so also the wives should be to their own husbands in everything.

Colossians 3:22Slaves, obey your masters (according to the flesh) in all things, not just when they are looking, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God.

1 Peter 2:18Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unscrupulous.

Matthew Henry on Titus 2:2-11

Relative Duties. ( a. d. 66.) 1 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: 2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. 3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; 4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of… Read the whole commentary →

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