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Titus 2:9

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

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ΔούλουςdoulousExhort servantsδοῦλος (doulos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “Exhort servants”, the object formG1401(a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave.Exhort servantsἰδίοιςidioisunto their ownἴδιος (idios)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “unto their own”, the to- or for-formG2398one's own, belonging to one, private, personal; one's own people, one's own family, home, property.unto their ownδεσπόταιςdespotaismastersδεσπότης (despotēs)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “masters”, the to- or for-formG1203a lord, master, or prince.mastersὑποτάσσεσθαιhupotassesthaito subjectὑποτάσσω (hupotassō)verb, present passive infinitive — “to subject”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5293I place under, subject to; mid, pass: I submit, put myself into subjection.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inπᾶσινpasinallπᾶς (pas)adjective, dative, plural, neuter — “all”, the to- or for-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allεὐαρέστουςeuarestouswell-pleasingεὐάρεστος (euarestos)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “well-pleasing”, the object formG2101acceptable, well-pleasing (especially to God), grateful.εἶναιeinaito existεἰμί (eimí)verb, present active infinitive — “to exist”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.Strong’s files this form under G1511 (εἶναι, exist).μὴmēthings; notμήadverb — “things; not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.things; notἀντιλέγονταςantilegontasanswering againἀντιλέγω (antilegō)verb, present active participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “answering again”, an ongoing or repeated actionG483I speak or say in opposition, contradict (oppose, resist).answering again

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

Servants — to their own masters [are] to be subject, in all things to be well-pleasing, not gainsaying,

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Servants — to their own masters [are] to be subject, in all things to be well-pleasing, not gainsaying,

World English Bible

Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters and to be well-pleasing in all things, not contradicting,

Darby Translation

bondmen to be subject to their own masters, to make themselves acceptable in everything; not gainsaying;

Douay-Rheims

Exhort servants to be obedient to their masters, in all things pleasing, not gainsaying:

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