Titus 2:5

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

to be self-controlled, chaste, good managers of the household, kind, submissive to their husbands, so that the word of God may not be discredited.

Cross References

Genesis 18:9

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

Genesis 3:16

To the woman he said, “I will make your pangs in childbirth exceedingly great; 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 born to you shall die.”

Psalm 74:10

How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile your name forever?

Proverbs 7:11

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

Acts 9:36

Now in Joppa there was a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which in Greek is Dorcas. She was devoted to good works and acts of charity.

Acts 9:39

So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs. All the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was with them.

Romans 14:16

So do not let your good be slandered.

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 Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of Christ.

1 Corinthians 14:34

Women should be silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak but should be subordinate, as the law also says.

Ephesians 5:33

Each of you, however, should love his wife as himself, and a wife should respect her husband.

Colossians 3:18

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

1 Timothy 5:10

she must be well attested for her good works, as one who has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the saints’ feet, helped 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 blasphemed.

Titus 2:4

so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,