Titus 2:9

9Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them,

9 Urge 2:9 I.e., slaves in first-century Roman cultureslaves to be subject to their own masters in everything, to be pleasing, not 2:9 Lit contradictingargumentative,

9 Urge bondslaves to be subject to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,

9Urge bond-servants to be subject to their own masters in everything, to be pleasing and not talk back,

9Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,

9Teach slaves to obey their masters in everything they do. Tell them to try to please their masters. They must not talk back to them.