That is, Orthodox, containing nothing reproachful.

So that the enemy would be put to shame, not having anything bad to say about us.

He calls either the devil or anyone who serves him disgusting.

Exhort the slaves to obey their masters, to please them in all things.

Therefore he is worthy of condemnation who separates wives and husbands under the pretext of abstinence, and who separates servants from masters under the pretext of piety. For he gives many reasons to reproach all, and opens the mouths of all against the faith.

Not to reproach, not to steal, but to show all good faithfulness.

Do you see what he demands of slaves? That which most of all calms the masters, namely, that they do not reproach, do not steal, but be faithful. For worldly people, this is most desirable.

That they may in all things be an adornment to the teaching of our Saviour God.

If slaves are like that, they serve for the glory of Christianity. For when a pagan sees his slave, so brought up by Christianity, will he not be amazed at a teaching that has such power that it has improved even such a soul? And how bold and obstinate this slave race is always, but because, neglected by its masters, it is badly brought up and is not guided by the instructions and treatment of honest people. Wherefore Paul rightly said in another place, "Serving as the Lord, and not men" (Ephesians 6:7). Though you serve your master, yet honor belongs to God, because affection for your master has its origin in that fear.

For the grace of God has appeared, saving for all men.

Since the Apostle demanded much great things from the slaves – I mean that they should adorn the Lord's teaching with their virtuous life – he now shows why he justly demands such high qualities from them. For grace also appeared to them, although they are slaves. For all, he says, people. And the Lord has granted them the cleansing of many sins, and they must live the rest of the time to the glory of their Benefactor.

Teaching us that we, rejecting wickedness and worldly lusts.

And here he shames them. Having God, he says, as a teacher, should you not live worthy of Him? This grace, he says, extends not only to the remission of former sins, but also provides for us for the future. He teaches us to live chastely the rest of the time, since we have previously completely renounced impiety and worldly lusts. By the expression rejection, he means complete disgust arising from the mood of the whole soul. Impiety is called idolatry and perverted dogmas. Worldly lusts are covetousness, luxury, and other vices that do not lead to heaven, but are useful in this world and cease with it. Therefore Christ came so that we might renounce ungodly doctrines and sinful lives, hating both with equal intensity.

They lived chastely, righteously and piously.