Titus 2:4

That they may constrain the young women to be, lovers of their husbands, lovers of their children,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

In Context

3Aged women, in the same way, in deportment, as becometh sacred persons, not given to intrigue, nor yet, to much wine, enslaved, teachers of virtue,—

5soberminded, chaste, workers at home, good, submitting themselves to their own husbands,—that, the word of God, be not defamed;

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Cross References

1 Timothy 5:11But, younger widows, decline thou; for, as soon as they wax wanton against the Christ, to marry, are they determined,—

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 →

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