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, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good. 4In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited. 6In the same way, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. 7In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,

Titus 2:5 word by word

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

• self-controlledσώφρωνsōphrōn · self-controlledG4998
• pureἁγνόςhagnos · pureG53
• managers of their householdsοἰκουρόςoikouros · busy at homeG3626
• kindἀγαθόςagathos · goodG18
• submissiveὑποτάσσωhupotassō · to subjectG5293
• toὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• ownἴδιοςidios · one's own/privateG2398
• husbandsἀνήρanēr · man: husbandG435
• so thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• will not be discreditedμήmē · notG3361
• will not be discreditedβλασφημέωblasphēmeō · to blasphemeG987

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

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• Word of God
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• 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