Titus 2:9
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Exhort servants to be obedient to their masters: in all things pleasing, not gainsaying:

servants.

Ephesians 6:5-8 Servants, be obedient to them that are your lords according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to Christ. . . .

Colossians 3:22-25 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh: not serving to the eye, as pleasing men: but in simplicity of heart, fearing God. . . .

1 Timothy 6:1,2 Whosoever are servants under the yoke, let them count their masters worthy of all honour; lest the name of the Lord and his doctrine be blasphemed. . . .

1 Peter 2:18-25 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle but also to the froward. . . .

to please.

Ephesians 5:24 Therefore as the church is subject to Christ: so also let the wives be to their husbands in all things.

answering again.

Context
Teaching Sound Doctrine
8The sound word that can not be blamed: that he who is on the contrary part may be afraid, having no evil to say of us. 9Exhort servants to be obedient to their masters: in all things pleasing, not gainsaying: 10Not defrauding, but in all things shewing good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.…
Cross References
Ephesians 6:5
Servants, be obedient to them that are your lords according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to Christ.

1 Timothy 6:1
Whosoever are servants under the yoke, let them count their masters worthy of all honour; lest the name of the Lord and his doctrine be blasphemed.

Lexicon
Slaves
Δούλους (Doulous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1401: (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave.

are to submit
ὑποτάσσεσθαι (hypotassesthai)
Verb - Present Infinitive Passive
Strong's Greek 5293: From hupo and tasso; to subordinate; reflexively, to obey.

to their own
ἰδίοις (idiois)
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2398: Pertaining to self, i.e. One's own; by implication, private or separate.

masters
δεσπόταις (despotais)
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1203: A lord, master, or prince. Perhaps from deo and posis; an absolute ruler.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

everything,
πᾶσιν (pasin)
Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

to be
εἶναι (einai)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

well-pleasing,
εὐαρέστους (euarestous)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2101: Acceptable, well-pleasing (especially to God), grateful. From eu and arestos; fully agreeable.

not
μὴ (mē)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.

argumentative,
ἀντιλέγοντας (antilegontas)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 483: To speak or say in opposition, contradict (oppose, resist). From anti and lego; to dispute, refuse.


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Exhort slaves to be always obedient to their owners, and to give them satisfaction in everything, not contradicting and not pilfering,

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

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