Titus 2:9 KJV — MannaFest

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

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ASV

Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing to them in all things; not gainsaying;

WEB

Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,

YLT

Servants--to their own masters are to be subject, in all things to be well-pleasing, not gainsaying,

DBT

bondmen to be subject to their own masters, to make themselves acceptable in everything; not gainsaying;

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Titus — Church order in Crete. Elder qualifications; the groups in a healthy congregation; the grace of God teaching godly life.

Author: Paul (1:1)
Date: c. AD 62–66, from Macedonia or Nicopolis

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Ephesians 6:5
Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
Malachi 1:6
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
1 Peter 2:18
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
Matthew 8:9
For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
Romans 12:11
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

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Thus must there be soundness in charity or love. Aged persons are apt to be peevish, fretful, and passionate; and therefore need to be on their guard against such infirmities and temptations. Faith, love, and patience, are three main Christian graces, and soundness in these is much of gospel perfection.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

They are put under the dispensation of the grace of God, so the gospel is called, Eph. iii. It is grace in respect of the spring of it--the free favour and good-will of God, not any merit or desert in the creature; as manifesting and declaring this good-will in an eminent and signal manner; and as it is the means of conveying and working grace in the hearts of believers.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

1Pe 2:18) was, that in no rank was there more danger of the doctrine of the spiritual equality and freedom of Christians being misunderstood than in that of slaves. It was natural for the slave who had become a Christian, to forget his place and put himself on a social level with his master.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Please them in all things - Wherein it can be done without sin. Not answering again - Though blamed unjustly. This honest servants are most apt to do.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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