Titus 2:5

Titus 2:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
• New International Version (NIV)to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.
• New King James Version (NKJV)to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.

Context of Titus 2:5

3Older women similarly are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor addicted to much wine, teaching what is right and good, 4so that they may encourage the young women to tenderly love their husbands and their children, to be sensible, pure, makers of a home [where God is honored], good-natured, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored. 6In a similar way urge the young men to be sensible and self-controlled and to behave wisely [taking life seriously]. 7And in all things show yourself to be an example of good works, with purity in doctrine [having the strictest regard for integrity and truth], dignified,

Titus 2:5 word by word

σώφρονας, ἁγνάς, οἰκουργοὺς ἀγαθάς, ὑποτασσομένας τοῖς ἰδίοις ἀνδράσιν, ἵνα μὴ ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ βλασφημῆται.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• discreetσώφρωνsōphrōn · self-controlledG4998
• chasteἁγνόςhagnos · pureG53
• keepers at homeοἰκουρόςoikouros · busy at homeG3626
• goodἀγαθόςagathos · goodG18
• obedientὑποτάσσωhupotassō · to subjectG5293
• to their ownἴδιοςidios · one's own/privateG2398
• husbandsἀνήρanēr · man: husbandG435
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• the wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• beβλασφημέωblasphēmeō · to blasphemeG987
• notμήmē · notG3361

Commentaries on Titus 2:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Keepers at home - . A woman who spends much time in visiting, must neglect her family. The idleness, dirtiness, impudence, and profligacy of the children, will soon show how deeply criminal the mother was in rejecting the apostle's advice. Instead of , keepers of the house, or keepers at home, ACD*EFG, and several of the Itala, have , workers at home; not only staying in the house and keeping the house, but working in the house. A woman may keep the house…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5To be discreet - The same word rendered, in Titus 2:2, “temperate,” and explained in Titus 2:4. Chaste - Pure - in heart, and in life. Keepers at home - That is, characteristically attentive to their domestic concerns, or to their duties in their families. A similar injunction is found in the precepts of the Pythagoreans - ̀ ̀ ́ ͂ ̓͂ ̀ ̓́ ́ tan gar gunaika dei oikourein kai endon meneinSee Creuzer‘s Symbolik, iii. 120. This does not mean, of course, that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-15Sound teaching was especially urgent on account of the false teachers, who had caused problems within "entire households" (1:11). In 2:1–10, Paul addresses different groups within the household of faith, showing his concern for the public testimony of the church (2:5, 8, 10; see also 1 Tim 5:1–6:2). Paul then elaborates on the coming of Christ (Titus 2:11–14) before giving a direct charge to Titus (2:15).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. keepers at home--as "guardians of the house," as the Greek expresses. The oldest manuscripts read, "Workers at home": active in household duties (Pr 7:11; 1Ti 5:13). good--kind, beneficent (Mt 20:15; Ro 5:7; 1Pe 2:18). Not churlish and niggardly, but thrifty as housewives. obedient--rather "submissive," as the Greek is translated; (see on Ep 5:21, 22; Ep 5:24). their own--marking the duty of subjection which they owe them, as being their own husbands…Read the comment

Topics related to Titus 2:5

• Commandments
• Wife
• Women

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Word of God
• Adorn
• Deny
• Doctrine
• Exhort
• Purify
• Redeem
• Uncorruptness

Commentaries on Titus 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings