Charles Spurgeon Commentary Titus 2:9-10

"[Exhort] servants to be in subjection to their own masters, [and] to be well-pleasing [to them] in all things; not gainsaying; not purloining, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things." — Titus 2:9-10 (ASV)

And to please them well in all things; not answering again; not purloining,

Not practicing petty thefts, as, alas! some servants do even now—

To be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; not purloining,

Not picking and stealing, which very naturally was the common habit of slaves; and who wonders at it in their wretched condition?