Titus 2:5 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁵ to be sensible, chaste, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands, that the word of God may not be discredited.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ To be self-controlled, chaste, homemakers, good-natured (kindhearted), adapting and subordinating themselves to their husbands, that the word of God may not be exposed to reproach (blasphemed or discredited).

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:

Common English Bible

⁵ and to be sensible, morally pure, working at home, kind and submissive to their own husbands, so that God’s word won’t be ridiculed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ be sensible, chaste, restrained, have concern for the household, be kind, be subordinate to their husbands: so that the Word of God may be not blasphemed.

Titus 2:5 Cross References

Genesis 18:9

They said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “She is in the tent.”

Genesis 3:16

To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children, yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”

2 Samuel 12:14

Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the Lord, the child that is born to you shall die.”

Psalm 74:10

How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile thy name for ever?

Proverbs 7:11

She is loud and wayward, her feet do not stay at home;

Acts 9:36

Now there was at Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of charity.

Acts 9:39

So Peter rose and went with them. And when he had come, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping, and showing tunics and other garments which Dorcas made while she was with them.

Romans 14:16

So do not let your good be spoken of as evil.

Romans 2:24

For, as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.

1 Corinthians 14:34

the women should keep silence in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be subordinate, as even the law says.

Ephesians 5:33

however, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Colossians 3:18

Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

1 Timothy 5:10

and she must be well attested for her good deeds, as one who has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, relieved the afflicted, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.

1 Timothy 6:1

Let all who are under the yoke of slavery regard their masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be defamed.

Titus 2:4

and so train the young women to love their husbands and children,