concerning everything showing yourself to be an example of good deeds, in your teaching demonstrating soundness, dignity, a sound message beyond reproach, in order that an opponent[a] may be put to shame, because he[b] has nothing bad to say concerning us.

Slaves must be subject to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not to talk back,

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Footnotes

  1. Titus 2:8 Literally “one from the opposed”
  2. Titus 2:8 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“has”) which is understood as causal