But refuse to enrol younger widows, for when they are drawn away from Christ by desire, they want to marry
Titus 2:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and to love their children, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 that they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So that they will wisely train the young women to be sane and sober of mind (temperate, disciplined) and to love their husbands and their children, American Standard Version (1901) that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, Common English Bible That way they can mentor young women to love their husbands and children, Catholic Public Domain Version so that they may teach prudence to the young women, so that they may love their husbands, love their children, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That they may teach the young women to be wise, to love their husbands, to love their children, |
But refuse to enrol younger widows, for when they are drawn away from Christ by desire, they want to marry
Therefore, I want younger women to marry, have children, manage their households, and give the adversary no opportunity to accuse us.
older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters with all purity.
In the same way, older women are to be reverent in behaviour, not slanderers, not slaves to excessive drinking. They are to teach what is good,
to be self-controlled, pure, workers at home, kind, and in submission to their husbands, so that God’s word will not be slandered.