Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
servants—"slaves."
to please them well—"to give satisfaction" [ALFORD]. To be complaisant in everything; to have that zealous desire to gain the master's goodwill which will anticipate the master's wish and do even more than is required. The reason for the frequent recurrence of injunctions to slaves to subjection (Ephesians 6:5, etc.; Colossians 3:22; I Timothy 6:1, etc.; I Peter 2:18) was, that in no rank was there more danger of the doctrine of the spiritual equality and freedom of Christians being misunderstood than in that of slaves. It was natural for the slave who had become a Christian, to forget his place and put himself on a social level with his master. Hence the charge for each to abide in the sphere in which he was when converted (I Corinthians 7:20-24).
not answering again—in contradiction to the master: so the Greek, "not contradicting" [WAHL].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Titus 2:9:
Galatians 1:10
1 Timothy 6:1
Titus 2:1
Titus 2:11
Titus 2:14
1 Peter 2:23
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