Titus 2:9 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁹ Slaves should be in subjection to their own masters in everything. They should try hard to please them, without talking back

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ [Tell] bond servants to be submissive to their masters, to be pleasing and give satisfaction in every way. [Warn them] not to talk back or contradict,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing to them in all things; not gainsaying;

Common English Bible

⁹ Tell slaves to submit to their own masters and please them in everything they do. They shouldn’t talk back

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Exhort servants to be submissive to their masters, in all things pleasing, not contradicting,

Titus 2:9 Cross References

Ephesians 5:24

But just as the church submits to Christ, so wives also should submit to their husbands in everything.