Titus 2:9

That servants submit to their own masters, that they be obedient in all things; not speaking back;

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

8the sound word, irrefutable, in order that the adversary may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say concerning us.

10not purloining, but exhibiting all good faith, that they may adorn the teaching of God our Saviour in all things.

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Cross References

Ephesians 5:24But as the church is submissive to Christ, so also let the wives be to their husbands in everything.

Colossians 3:22Ye servants, obey your masters according to the flesh in all things; not with eye-service, pleasing men, but of purity of heart, fearing the Lord.

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

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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