and (A)sound speech that cannot be condemned, (B)so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us. (C)Bondservants[a] are to be submissive to their own masters (D)in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, 10 not pilfering, (E)but showing all good faith, (F)so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.

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Footnotes

  1. Titus 2:9 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

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