Titus 2:9

Urge servants to be obedient to their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not to talk back,

Revised King James 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

8And sound speech, which cannot be condemned; so that he who is opposed may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us.

10Not to pilfer, but showing entire and true fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

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Cross References

Ephesians 5:24Therefore, as the church is subject to Christ, so let wives be to their own husbands in everything.

Colossians 3:22Slaves, obey your earthly masters in all things; not as an outward show, as pleasers of men; but with singleness of heart, fearing the Lord:

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

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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