In subjection to for obedient unto, A.V.; be well-pleasing to them for please them well, A.V.; gainsaying for answering gain, A.V. Servants; i.e. dares ( δούλους), the correlative to which is δεσπόταις, masters, who had absolute power over their slaves, and property in them.
The construction is carried on from the "exhort" of Titus 2:6. Well-pleasing ( εὐαρέστους); elsewhere spoken with reference to God (Romans 12:1; 2 Corinthians 5:9; Ephesians 5:10, etc.). In all things ( ἐν πᾶσιν); nearly the same as περὶ πάντα in Titus 2:7; to be taken with εὐαρέστους.
Some, however, connect the words with ὑποτάσσεσθαι, "to be obedient in all things." Gainsaying ( ἐντιλέγοντας); as in Titus 1:9 (see note). Here, however, the" answering again" of the A.V. is a better rendering.
It implies, of course, a resistance to the will of their master, and impatience of any rebuke.