Titus 2:9

Exhort slaves to be obedient to their own masters, and to be well- pleasing to them in every respect;

Montgomery New Testament

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

8Let the instruction that you give be sound and above reproach, so that our opponents may be ashamed because they find no evil things to say about us.

10not to contradict nor pilfer, but to exhibit praiseworthy trustworthiness in every thing, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

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Cross References

Ephesians 5:24But as the church submits itself to Christ, so also wives to their husbands in everything.

Colossians 3:22Slaves, obey in all things your earthly masters, not with eye- service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of purpose, out of reverence for your Lord.

1 Peter 2:18Household slaves, submit yourselves to your masters in all reverence; not only to the kind and gentle, but also to the unreasonable.

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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