They said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “She is in the tent.”
Titus 2:5 - English Standard Version 2016 to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version To be discreet, chaste, sober, having a care of the house, gentle, obedient to their husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. |
They said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “She is in the tent.”
To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be contrary to your husband, but he shall rule over you.”
Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the Lord, the child who is born to you shall die.”
How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile your name forever?
Now there was in Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of charity.
So Peter rose and went with them. And when he arrived, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping and showing tunics and other garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.
For, as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.
the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says.
However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
and having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has shown hospitality, has washed the feet of the saints, has cared for the afflicted, and has devoted herself to every good work.
Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled.