Titus 2:9 Cross References - AUV

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

²⁴ But just as the church submits to Christ, so wives also should submit to their husbands in everything.

⁵ Slaves, you should obey those who are your earthly masters, out of reverence and eagerness to please them, with a sincere heart, as you would [obey] Christ. ⁶ Do not serve them only when you are being watched, just to gain their approval, but as slaves of Christ, doing what God wants from your heart. ⁷ Render your service wholeheartedly, as you would to the Lord, and not [just] to people, ⁸ knowing that whatever good deed a person does, he will be rewarded for it from the Lord, whether he is a slave or a free person.

²² You slaves should obey your earthly masters in everything, [and] do not do it just when they are looking [at you], or to gain their favor, but do it with a sincere heart, out of reverence for the Lord. ²³ In whatever you do, work wholeheartedly, as though it were for the Lord and not [just] for people, ²⁴ knowing that you will receive from the Lord a [spiritual] inheritance as a reward, [for] you are [really] serving the Lord. ²⁵ And the person who does what is wrong will be repaid for his wrongdoing, for there is no favoritism [with God].

¹ All those people who are under the reins of slavery [i.e., in subjection to someone] should consider their own masters as deserving of full respect, so that God’s name and [His] teaching will not be spoken against [i.e., by unbelievers]. ² And those slaves who have believing masters should not despise them, since they are [Christian] brothers, but rather they should serve them all the more [faithfully]. For those [masters] who benefit from their service are believers and dearly loved [by them and God]. Teach and exhort people regarding these things.

¹⁸ Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters and show them respect, not just the ones who are good [to you] and treat you well, but also to those who are harsh toward you. ¹⁹ For those of you who put up with such suffering unjustly, because of your close relationship to God, are to be commended. ²⁰ But it is no credit to you if you put up with a beating you deserve. But if you patiently tolerate suffering for doing good, this is pleasing to God. ²¹ [After all], this is what you were called to do, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you would follow in His steps. ²² [For] He neither sinned nor used deceitful words. ²³ When He was spoken to with harsh insults, He did not reply in the same way. When He was made to suffer, He did not threaten [His tormentors], but instead entrusted Himself to God, [whom He knew] would make a righteous judgment [in the matter]. ²⁴ Jesus took upon Himself our sins [when] His body was placed upon the cross so that we, [through] dying to [i.e., giving up] the sinful life, would live for righteousness. You were healed [from your sins] by His being brutally treated. ²⁵ For you people were wandering away like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.