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Titus 2:9

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Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters and to be well-pleasing in all things, not contradicting,

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Contradictions (1)

Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.

  • Should you serve God alone?

    Matthew 4:10 quotes Deuteronomy 6:13 and tells Satan that one should worship and serve God *only* — and Matthew 23:10 says no one but Christ should be called *kathēgētēs* (master/teacher). Then the household codes in Ephesians 6:5, Colossians 3:22, 1 Timothy 6:1, Titus 2:9, and 1 Peter 2:18 instruct slaves to obey their human masters in everything.

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