TITUS 2:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.”
Not pilfering, but showing all good faith, so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior — enslaved persons should not steal from masters, a commonplace vice for those with restricted freedom; instead, they show pistis (good faith/trustworthiness), making them reliable stewards of another's goods. The verb kosmountes (adorning/beautifying) makes slave ethics aesthetic — their conduct makes the gospel attractive and honorable. Even enslaved persons become witnesses to transformation.
Church Fathers on Titus 2:10
Thus he has well said in another place, “Doing service as to the Lord, and not to men.” For if you serve your master with good will, yet the occasion of this service proceeds from your fear, and he who with so great fear renders Him service, shall receive the greater reward. For if he restrain not his hand, or his unruly tongue, how shall the Gentile admire the doctrine that is among us? But if they see their slave, who has been taught the philosophy of Christ, displaying…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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