Your message is to be sound beyond reproach,(A) so that any opponent will be ashamed, because he doesn’t have anything bad to say about us.

Slaves are to submit to their masters(B) in everything, and to be well-pleasing,(C) not talking back 10 or stealing, but demonstrating utter faithfulness, so that they may adorn the teaching of God our Savior(D) in everything.

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and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.(A)

Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything,(B) to try to please them, not to talk back to them, 10 and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior(C) attractive.(D)

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