Titus 2:5
soberminded, chaste, workers at home, good, submitting themselves to their own husbands,—that, the word of God, be not defamed;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
4That they may constrain the young women to be, lovers of their husbands, lovers of their children,
6The younger men, in the same way, exhort thou to be sober-minded:
Cross References
Genesis 3:16Unto the woman, he said, I will, increase, thy pain of pregnancy, In pain, shalt thou bear children,—Yet, unto thy husband, shall be thy longing, Though, he, rule over thee.
Genesis 18:9And they said unto him, As to Sarah thy wife… And he said Lo! [she is] in the tent.
Psalms 74:10How long, O God, shall the adversary, reproach? Shall the enemy revile thy Name perpetually?
Proverbs 31:10A virtuous woman, who can find? for, far beyond corals, is her worth.
Acts 9:39And Peter, arising, went with them,—whom, when he arrived, they brought up into the upper room; and there stood by him all the widows, weeping, and showing the tunics and mantles—whatsoever things Dorcas was making while she was with them.
1 Corinthians 11:3But I wish you to know—that, the head of every man, is, the Christ, and, the head of a woman, is, the man; and, the head of the 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 →