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Titus 2:5
5to use good judgment, and to be morally pure. Also, tell them to teach young women to be homemakers, to be kind, and to place themselves under their husbands’ authority. Then no one can speak evil of God’s word.
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
3Tell older women to live their lives in a way that shows they are dedicated to God. Tell them not to be gossips or addicted to alcohol, but to be examples of virtue. 4In this way they will teach young women to show love to their husbands and children, to use good judgment, and to be morally pure. Also, tell them to teach young women to be homemakers, to be kind, and to place themselves under their husbands’ authority. Then no one can speak evil of God’s word. 6Encourage young men to use good judgment. 7Always set an example by doing good things. When you teach, be an example of moral purity and dignity.
Read all of Titus 2Titus 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
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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
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