Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary

Titus 2:9

ἰδίοις δεσπόταις. This is the order of the rec. text, as well as of recent editors; it is supported by אCGkL, Chrysostom, Theodoret &c. The order δεσπόταις ἰδίοις is found in AD2EP and the Latin authorities (versions and Fathers).

9. δούλους ἰδίοις δεσπόταις ὑποτάσσεσθαι. Exhort (going back to παρακάλει of Titus 2:6) slaves to be in subjection to their masters. The corresponding injunctions in 1 Timothy 6:1 ff. should be compared with what follows; ἴδοις is used without special emphasis here, as in that place. The article before ἰδίοις is dropped, apparently because of the anarthrous δούλους which precedes[513]. See critical note.

[513] See Blass, Grammar of N. T. Greek, § 48. 8.

ἐν πᾶσιν εὐαρέστους εἶναι, to give satisfaction to them in all things, εὐάρεστος, well-pleasing, is a favourite adjective with St Paul; but everywhere else he uses it in reference to God the Father or Christ.

μὴ�, not gainsaying; it is wider than Tyndale’s “not answering again,” which is preserved in the A.V. ἀντιλέγειν here has reference to all kinds of opposition, whether of words or deeds.

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