Titus 2:5
to be sensible, pure, good housekeepers, and obedient to their own husbands. They should do these things so that God's word may not be insulted.
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4In this way they may train the younger women to love their own husbands and children,
6In the same way, encourage the younger men to use good sense.
Cross References
Genesis 3:16To the woman he said, 1 “I will greatly multiply your pain in having children; 1 it is in pain that you will give birth to children. 1 Your desire will be for your husband, but he will rule over you.”
Genesis 18:9They said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” He replied, “There, in the tent.”
Psalms 74:10How long, God, will the enemy throw insults at you? 1 Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever? 1
Proverbs 31:10Who can find a capable wife? 1 Her value is far more than jewels. 1
Acts 9:39Peter arose and went with them. When he had arrived, they brought him to the upper room, and all the widows stood by him weeping, showing him the coats and garments that Dorcas had made while she had been with them.
1 Corinthians 11:3Now I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, that a man is the head of a woman, and that God is the head of Christ.
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 →