But refuse to put younger widows on the list; for when their sensual desires alienate them from Christ, they want to marry,
Titus 2:4 - New Revised Standard Version so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, 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 put younger widows on the list; for when their sensual desires alienate them from Christ, they want to marry,
So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, and manage their households, so as to give the adversary no occasion to revile us.
to older women as mothers, to younger women as sisters—with absolute purity.
Likewise, tell the older women to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or slaves to drink; they are to teach what is good,
to be self-controlled, chaste, good managers of the household, kind, being submissive to their husbands, so that the word of God may not be discredited.