Titus 2:9 Cross References - BBE

⁹ Servants are to be under the authority of their masters, pleasing them in all things, without argument;

²⁴ And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of their husbands in all things.

⁵ Servants, do what is ordered by those who are your natural masters, having respect and fear for them, with all your heart, as to Christ; ⁶ Not only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart; ⁷ Doing your work readily, as to the Lord, and not to men: ⁸ In the knowledge that for every good thing anyone does, he will have his reward from the Lord, If he is a servant or if he is free.

²² Servants, in all things do the orders of your natural masters; not only when their eyes are on you, as pleasers of men, but with all your heart, fearing the Lord: ²³ Whatever you do, do it readily, as to the Lord and not to men; ²⁴ Being certain that the Lord will give you the reward of the heritage: for you are the servants of the Lord Christ. ²⁵ For the wrongdoer will have punishment for the wrong he has done, without respect for any man's position.

¹ Let all who are servants under the yoke give all honour to their masters, so that no evil may be said against the name of God and his teaching. ² And let those whose masters are of the faith have respect for them because they are brothers, working for them the more readily, because those who take part in the good work are of the faith and are dear. Give orders and teaching about these things.

¹⁸ Servants, take orders from your masters with all respect; not only if they are good and gentle, but even if they are bad-humoured. ¹⁹ For it is a sign of grace if a man, desiring to do right in the eyes of God, undergoes pain as punishment for something which he has not done. ²⁰ What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God. ²¹ This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in his footsteps: ²² Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth: ²³ To sharp words he gave no sharp answer; when he was undergoing pain, no angry word came from his lips; but he put himself into the hands of the judge of righteousness: ²⁴ He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well. ²⁵ Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.