Titus 2:9 (DRB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Titus 2:7 In all things shew thyself an example of good works, in doctrine, in integrity, in gravity,

Titus 2:8 The sound word that can not be blamed: that he who is on the contrary part may be afraid, having no evil to say of us.

Titus 2:9 Exhort servants to be obedient to their masters: in all things pleasing, not gainsaying:

Titus 2:10 Not defrauding, but in all things shewing good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

Titus 2:11 For the grace of God our Saviour hath appeared to all men:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "exhort", "servants", "obedient", "masters", "pleasing", and "gainsaying". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "exhort", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "The sound word that can not be..." into verse 10's "Not defrauding but in all things shewing...", so "all things" and "exhort" belong inside that flow. In Titus context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "all things" and "exhort" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.