Titus 2:5
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to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.
Commentaries
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keepers at home--as "guardians of the house," as the Greek expresses. The oldest manuscripts read, "Workers at home": active in household duties (Pro 7:11; Ti1 5:13). good--kind, beneficent (Mat 20:15; Rom 5:7; Pe1 2:18). Not churlish and niggardly, but thrifty as housewives. obedient--rather "submissive," as the Greek is translated; (see on Eph 5:21-22; Eph 5:24). their own--marking the duty of subjection which they owe them, as being their own husbands (Eph 5:22; Col 3:18). blasphemed--"evil spoken of." That no reproach may be cast on the Gospel, through the inconsistencies of its professors (Tit 2:8, Tit 2:10; Rom 2:24; Ti1 5:14; Ti1 6:1). "Unless we are virtuous, blasphemy will come through us to the faith" [THEOPHYLACT].
Open source ↗The apostle here directs Titus about the faithful discharge of his own office generally (Tit 2:1), and particularly as to several sorts of persons (Tit 2:2-10) and gives the grounds of these and of other following directions (Tit 2:11-14), with a summary direction in the close (Tit 2:15).
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Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.
To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.
Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
“Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked. “There, in the tent,” he replied.
In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.
All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as fully worthy of honor, so that God’s name and our teaching will not be discredited.
As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.