Titus 2:5
sober, pure, keepers of [their own] houses, good, subject to their own husbands, that evil may not be spoken of the word of God.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
6The younger men, in like manner, exhort [them] to be sober-minded.
Cross References
Genesis 3:16To the woman He said, “Multiplying I multiply your sorrow and your conception; you will bear children in sorrow, and your desire [is] toward your Man [[ or husband]], and He [[ or he]] will rule over you.”
Genesis 18:9And they say to him, “Where [is] Sarah your wife?” And he says, “Behold—in the tent”;
Psalms 74:10Until when, O God, does an adversary reproach? Does an enemy despise Your Name forever?
Proverbs 31:10[ALEPH-BET] A woman of worth who finds? Indeed, her price [is] far above rubies.
Acts 9:39And Peter having risen, went with them, whom having come, they brought into the upper chamber, and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing coats and garments, as many as Dorcas was making while she was with them.
1 Corinthians 11:3and I wish you to know that the Christ is the head of every man, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.
Matthew Henry on Titus 2:2-11
Relative Duties. ( a. d. 66.) 1 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: 2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. 3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; 4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of… Read the whole commentary →