Titus 2:5 Parallel Translations

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.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

ASV:

to be'sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:

BBE:

To be wise in mind, clean in heart, kind; working in their houses, living under the authority of their husbands; so that no evil may be said of the word of God.

DBY:

discreet, chaste, diligent in home work, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.

ERV:

to be soberminded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:

WEY:

industrious in their homes, kind, submissive to their husbands, so that the Christian teaching may not be exposed to reproach.

WBS:

To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

WEB:

to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God's word may not be blasphemed.

YLT:

sober, pure, keepers of their own houses, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.

Titus 2:5 Cross References

XREF:

Ephesians 5:22 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

1 Timothy 5:14 Therefore, I want younger widows to get married, bear children, keep house, and give the enemy no occasion for reproach;

1 Timothy 6:1 All who are under the yoke as slaves are to regard their own masters as worthy of all honor so that the name of God and our doctrine will not be spoken against. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

2:5 [To be] discreet, chaste, {a} keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
(a) Not roving about idly.

PNT:

Titus 2:5 [To be] discreet. How often thoughtless indiscretion has caused great pain and trouble!
Keepers at home. Those who are continually going must neglect the duties of domestic life. See 1Ti 5:13.

WES:

2:5 Discreet - Particularly in the love of their children. Chaste - Particularly in the love of their husbands. Keepers at home - Whenever they are not called out by works of necessity, piety, and mercy. Good - Well tempered, sweet, soft, obliging. Obedient to their husbands - Whose will, in all things lawful, is a rule to the wife. That the word of God be not blasphemed - Or evil spoken of; particularly by unbelieving husbands, who lay all the blame on the religion of their wives.

MHC:

2:1-8 Old disciples of Christ must behave in every thing agreeably to the Christian doctrine. That the aged men be sober; not thinking that the decays of nature will justify any excess; but seeking comfort from nearer communion with God, not from any undue indulgence. Faith works by, and must be seen in love, of God for himself, and of men for God's sake. Aged persons are apt to be peevish and fretful; therefore need to be on their guard. Though there is not express Scripture for every word, or look, yet there are general rules, according to which all must be ordered. Young women must be sober and discreet; for many expose themselves to fatal temptations by what at first might be only want of discretion. The reason is added, that the word of God may not be blasphemed. Failures in duties greatly reproach Christianity. Young men are apt to be eager and thoughtless, therefore must be earnestly called upon to be sober-minded: there are more young people ruined by pride than by any other sin. Every godly man's endeavour must be to stop the mouths of adversaries. Let thine own conscience answer for thine uprightness. What a glory is it for a Christian, when that mouth which would fain open itself against him, cannot find any evil in him to speak of!

CONC:

Authority Blasphemed Busy Chaste Christian Clean Diligent Discredited Discreet Dishonored Domestic Evil Exposed God's Heart Home Homes Houses Husbands Industrious Keepers Kind Malign Mind Minded Obedient Pure Reproach Sensible Sober Sober-minded Spoken Subject Subjection Submissive Teaching Wise Workers Working

Authority Blasphemed Busy Chaste Christian Clean Diligent Discredited Discreet Domestic Evil Exposed God's Good Heart Home Homes Houses Husbands Industrious Keepers Kind Mind Minded Obedient Pure Reproach Self-Controlled Sensible Sober Subject Subjection Submissive Teaching Wise Word Work Workers Working

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