Titus 2:9 (WEB)
Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters and to be well-pleasing in all things, not contradicting,
Fathers and councils · 4
Gregory of Nyssa
“…is put in subjection, and brings under the same term those who are overcome in war, while the apostle bids servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and that those who are placed over the priesthood should have their children in subjection, as their disorderly conduct brings discredit upon their fathers,…” — editor's note: Tit. ii. 9.
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Leo the Great
“And so the cause for complaint is twofold in this matter, because both the sacred ministry is polluted by such poor partners in it, and the rights of masters are infringed so far as unlawful possession is rashly taken of them.” — editor's note: Though no doubt S. Leo’s language is here harsh and offensive to modern ears, it is not, I think, substantially out of agreement with S. Paul’s own teaching…
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Augustine of Hippo
“The Apostolic teaching has set the master over the slave, and put the slave under the master; nevertheless Christ gave the same price for both.” — editor's note: Eph. vi. 5; Tit. ii. 9.
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Synod of Gangra (c. 340)
“(Titus ii. 9 and 10.)” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 10
Cited together in Letters Letter 4.
Cited together in Letters Letter 4.
Cited together in Letters Letter 4.
Cited together in Letters Letter 4.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 44.
Cited together in Letters Letter 4.
Cited together in Letters Letter 4 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Letters Letter 4.
Cited together in Letters Letter 4.
Cited together in Synod of Gangra, Canon 3.