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Titus 2:9

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

KJV

Δούλους ἰδίοις δεσπόταις ὑποτάσσεσθαι ἐν πᾶσιν, εὐαρέστους εἶναι, μὴ ἀντιλέγοντας,

Greek NT

Servos dominis suis subditos esse, in omnibus placentes, non contradicentes,

Vulgate

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

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δεσπότης
despotes
noun · 10×
δοῦλος
doulos
noun · 124×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εὐάρεστος
euarestos
adjective · 9×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἀντιλέγω
antilego
verb · 12×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἴδιος
idios
adjective · 114×
ὑποτάσσω
upotasso
verb · 38×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 14:3 — But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
  • 1Pet 2:18 — Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
  • 1Pet 2:18 — Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
  • 1Tim 6:1 — Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.
  • Col 3:20 — Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
  • Col 3:22 — Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
  • Col 3:22 — Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
  • Eph 5:24 — Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
  • Eph 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;
  • Eph 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;
  • Gen 30:29 — And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
  • Gen 31:6 — And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
  • Gen 39:2 — And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
  • Mal 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
  • Matt 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.
  • Rom 12:11 — Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
  • Rom 15:2 — Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.