sound speech that cannot be condemned, that one who is an opponent may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of [a]you.

Exhort (A)bondservants to be obedient to their own masters, to be well pleasing in all things, not answering back, 10 not [b]pilfering, but showing all good [c]fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.

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Footnotes

  1. Titus 2:8 NU, M us
  2. Titus 2:10 thieving
  3. Titus 2:10 honesty

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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