[Exhort] servants to be obedient unto
their own masters, [and] to please [them] well in all [things]; not answering
again;
BSB
Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,
WEB
Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting;
YLT
Servants—to their own masters are to be subject, in all things to be well-pleasing, not gainsaying,
F.O.G Original
(9) Slaves are to be subject to their own masters in everything, acceptable, not contradicting,
F.O.G
(9) Slaves are to be subject to their own masters in everything, acceptable, not contradicting,
F.O.G MSG
⁹Teach bondservantsc to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them,
Footnotes:
9cBondservants: These were household servants or slaves in the Roman system. Paul’s instruction focuses on Christian character within existing social structures while the Gospel would eventually transform these relationships.