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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/titus/2.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/titus/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />These older women must train the younger women to love their husbands and their children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/titus/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and so train the young women to love their husbands and children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/titus/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/titus/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />so that they may train the young <i>women</i> to be lovers of <i>their</i> husbands, loving <i>their</i> children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/titus/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/titus/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/titus/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/titus/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/titus/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/titus/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />so that they may instruct the young women in sensibility: to love their husbands, to love their children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/titus/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />so that they may encourage the young women to tenderly love their husbands and their children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/titus/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and to love their children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/titus/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />so they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and to love their children, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/titus/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/titus/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />so the younger women will be loving wives and mothers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/titus/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/titus/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />In this way they will teach young women to show love to their husbands and children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/titus/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />in order to train the younger women to love their husbands and children, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/titus/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They should encourage the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/titus/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />In this way they will train the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/titus/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/titus/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/titus/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />They should school the young women to be affectionate to their husbands and to their children, to be sober-minded, pure in their lives,<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/titus/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/titus/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />that they may train the young wives to love their husbands, to love their children, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/titus/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of [their] husbands, lovers of [their] children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/titus/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />so that they may train the young <i>women</i> to be lovers of <i>their</i> husbands, loving <i>their</i> children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/titus/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of their husbands, lovers of their children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/titus/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />That they render the young women discreet, to be lovers of the husband, lovers of the children,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/titus/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />That they may teach the young women to be wise, to love their husbands, to love their children, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/titus/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />so that they may teach prudence to the young women, so that they may love their husbands, love their children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/titus/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />so that they may train younger women to love their husbands and children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/titus/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/titus/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />That they may teach the young women to be modest, to love their husbands and their children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/titus/2.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And chasten those who are young women to love their husbands and their children,<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/titus/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />That they may teach the young women to be sober-minded, to love their husbands, to love their children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/titus/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />in order that they instruct the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/titus/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />that they instruct the young women to be discreet, to love their husbands, to love their children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/titus/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />but to lectures on virtue, that they may teach the young women prudence, to love their husbands,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/titus/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />They should school the young women to be affectionate to their husbands and to their children, to be sober-minded, pure in their lives,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/titus/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />that they may train the young women to be lovers of their husbands, lovers of <i>their</i> children,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/titus/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />that they may instruct the young women to be temperate, to love their husbands, to love their children, <i>to be</i> prudent,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/titus/2-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sUo2G9e65Ig?start=184" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/titus/2.htm">Teaching Sound Doctrine</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/2443.htm" title="2443: hina (Conj) -- In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.">In this way</a> <a href="/greek/4994.htm" title="4994: sōphronizōsin (V-PSA-3P) -- To make sober-minded, admonish, control. From sophron; to make of sound mind, i.e. to discipline or correct.">they can train</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tas (Art-AFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3501.htm" title="3501: neas (Adj-AFP) -- (a) young, youthful, (b) new, fresh. ">young women</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: einai (V-PNA) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">to</a> <a href="/greek/5362.htm" title="5362: philandrous (N-AFP) -- Loving one's husband. From philos and aner; fond of man, i.e. Affectionate as a wife.">love their husbands</a> <a href="/greek/5388.htm" title="5388: philoteknous (Adj-AFP) -- Loving one's children. From philos and teknon; fond of one's children, i.e. Maternal.">and children,</a> </span> <span class="reftext">5</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/31-10.htm">Proverbs 31:10-31</a></span><br />A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies. / The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value. / She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-22.htm">Ephesians 5:22-33</a></span><br />Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. / For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior. / Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-1.htm">1 Peter 3:1-6</a></span><br />Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives / when they see your pure and reverent demeanor. / Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-18.htm">Colossians 3:18-19</a></span><br />Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. / Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/5-14.htm">1 Timothy 5:14</a></span><br />So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/2-18.htm">Genesis 2:18-24</a></span><br />The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.” / And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. / The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-3.htm">1 Corinthians 7:3-5</a></span><br />The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. / The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife. / Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:6-7</a></span><br />These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. / And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/2-9.htm">1 Timothy 2:9-10</a></span><br />Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, / but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/14-1.htm">Proverbs 14:1</a></span><br />Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/13-4.htm">1 Corinthians 13:4-7</a></span><br />Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. / It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. / Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-9.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:9</a></span><br />Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/4-7.htm">1 John 4:7-8</a></span><br />Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. / Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22-23</a></span><br />But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, / gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/2-3.htm">Philippians 2:3-4</a></span><br />Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves. / Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,</p><p class="hdg">the.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_timothy/5-2.htm">1 Timothy 5:2,11,14</a></b></br> The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity… </p><p class="hdg">sober.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/titus/2-2.htm">Titus 2:2</a></b></br> That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.</p><p class="hdg">to love their husbands.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_timothy/5-14.htm">1 Timothy 5:14</a></b></br> I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-15.htm">Admonish</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/3-6.htm">Affectionate</a> <a href="/acts/17-34.htm">Attached</a> <a href="/titus/1-6.htm">Children</a> <a href="/titus/1-9.htm">Encourage</a> <a href="/titus/1-6.htm">Husbands</a> <a href="/titus/2-2.htm">Love</a> <a href="/titus/1-15.htm">Pure</a> <a href="/acts/19-9.htm">School</a> <a href="/titus/2-2.htm">Sober</a> <a href="/titus/2-2.htm">Sober-Minded</a> <a href="/titus/2-2.htm">Teach</a> <a href="/1_timothy/4-8.htm">Train</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-16.htm">Training</a> <a href="/titus/2-3.htm">Women</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-22.htm">Young</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-14.htm">Younger</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/24-14.htm">Admonish</a> <a href="/acts/15-33.htm">Affectionate</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-13.htm">Attached</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-10.htm">Children</a> <a href="/titus/2-6.htm">Encourage</a> <a href="/titus/2-5.htm">Husbands</a> <a href="/titus/3-4.htm">Love</a> <a href="/titus/2-5.htm">Pure</a> <a href="/john/7-15.htm">School</a> <a href="/titus/2-5.htm">Sober</a> <a href="/titus/2-6.htm">Sober-Minded</a> <a href="/titus/2-9.htm">Teach</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-2.htm">Train</a> <a href="/titus/2-12.htm">Training</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-35.htm">Women</a> <a href="/titus/2-6.htm">Young</a> <a href="/titus/2-6.htm">Younger</a><div class="vheading2">Titus 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/titus/2-1.htm">Directions given unto Titus both for his doctrine and life.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/titus/2-10.htm">Of the duty of servants, and in general of all Christians.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/titus/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/titus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/titus/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>In this way they can train the young women</b><br>The phrase emphasizes the role of older women in mentoring younger women, a practice rooted in the Jewish tradition of passing down wisdom through generations. This mentorship is not merely about imparting knowledge but involves modeling godly behavior. The Greek word for "train" here implies teaching with the intent of developing self-control and wisdom. This aligns with <a href="/proverbs/31.htm">Proverbs 31</a>, which describes a virtuous woman as one who is wise and instructs others in kindness.<p><b>to love their husbands</b><br>In the Greco-Roman world, marriages were often arranged, and love was not always the foundation. The instruction to love one's husband is counter-cultural, emphasizing a Christian marriage based on mutual respect and affection. <a href="/ephesians/5-25.htm">Ephesians 5:25-33</a> further elaborates on the love between husband and wife, comparing it to Christ's love for the church. This love is sacrificial and selfless, reflecting the nature of Christ.<p><b>and children</b><br>The inclusion of children highlights the importance of family in Christian life. In ancient times, children were seen as a blessing from God, as reflected in <a href="/psalms/127-3.htm">Psalm 127:3-5</a>. The training to love children involves nurturing them in the faith, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/6-6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:6-7</a>, where parents are instructed to teach God's commandments diligently to their children. This love is not just emotional but involves guiding them in righteousness and preparing them for a life of faith.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/titus.htm">Titus</a></b><br>A young pastor and a trusted companion of the Apostle Paul, tasked with organizing the church in Crete and ensuring sound doctrine.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/paul.htm">Paul</a></b><br>The Apostle who wrote the letter to Titus, providing guidance on church leadership and Christian living.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/crete.htm">Crete</a></b><br>An island in the Mediterranean where Titus was stationed to oversee the church and address issues of false teaching and moral laxity.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/o/older_women.htm">Older Women</a></b><br>Mature women in the faith who are called to mentor and teach younger women in the church.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/y/young_women.htm">Young Women</a></b><br>The recipients of the training, encouraged to live out their faith in practical ways, particularly in their family roles.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_mentorship.htm">The Role of Mentorship</a></b><br>Older women have a vital role in guiding younger women, sharing wisdom and experience to help them navigate their roles as wives and mothers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/love_as_a_foundation.htm">Love as a Foundation</a></b><br>The instruction to love husbands and children is foundational, emphasizing that love should be the driving force in family relationships.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/practical_faith.htm">Practical Faith</a></b><br>Christianity is not just about beliefs but also about living out those beliefs in everyday life, particularly in the home.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/counter-cultural_living.htm">Counter-Cultural Living</a></b><br>In a world that often devalues traditional family roles, Christians are called to uphold and cherish these roles as God-given and valuable.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community.htm">The Importance of Community</a></b><br>The church community provides support and accountability, helping individuals grow in their faith and fulfill their roles effectively.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_titus_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Titus 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_titus_2_4-5_conflict_with_gender_equality.htm">Titus 2:4–5 – Does urging women to be homemakers and obedient to their husbands conflict with modern views on gender equality? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_did_jesus_mean_by_'lifted_up'.htm">What defines a godly mother?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_homemaking.htm">What does the Bible say about homemaking?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_a_godly_mother.htm">What defines a godly mother?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/titus/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">That they may teach the young women to be sober.</span>--Better rendered, simply, <span class= "ital">that they may</span> <span class= "ital">teach</span> (or <span class= "ital">school</span>)<span class= "ital"> the young women, </span>omitting the words "to be sober." In Ephesus the representative of the Apostle was directed himself to exhort the younger women; very likely the same charge being given here to the aged women of the congregations was owing to the state of the Cretan Christian, which called not only for more practical and homely, but also for more individual, exhortations. So here this special work was left for the elder women among the faithful to carry out. Such a reformation, not only in the discipline of the Church, but also in the individual life and conversation, as St. Paul desired to see in Crete, would never be brought about by a sermon, or even by many sermons, however eloquent and earnest, from Titus. It would be a matter requiring long time and patience, and would, as observed above, rather follow as the result of patient individual effort and holy example.<p><span class= "bld">To love their husbands, to love their children.</span>--There was evidently in Crete a feverish longing for excitement, for novelty in religious teaching; hence the demand for, and consequent supply of, the "fables" and "commandments of men" spoken of in <a href="/titus/1-14.htm" title="Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.">Titus 1:14</a>. Women as well as men preferred rather to <span class= "ital">do</span> something for religion and for God, and thus to wipe out past transgressions, and perhaps to purchase the liberty of future licence. They preferred the rigid and often difficult observance of the elaborate ritual, "the tithing of the mint, and anise, and cummin," to quietly and reverently "doing their Father's business.' St. Paul's method of correcting this false and unhealthy view of religion was to recall women as well as men to the steady, faithful performance of those quiet every-day duties to which God had, in His providence, called them. The first duty of these younger women, St. Paul tells Titus, and which he would have their elder sisters impress on them, was the great home duty of loving their husbands and children. While St. Paul would never have the women of Christ forget their new and precious privileges in the present, their glorious hopes in the future, yet here on earth he would never let them desert, or even for a moment forget, their first and chiefest duties. Their work, let them remember, lay not abroad in the busy world. Their first duty was <span class= "ital">to make home life beautiful</span> by the love of husband and child--that great love which ever teaches forgetfulness of self.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/titus/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> <span class="accented">- Train</span> for <span class="accented">teach</span>... <span class="accented">to be sober</span>, A.V. <span class="cmt_word">Train</span> (<span class="greek">σωφρονίζωσι</span>); only here in the New Testament, not found in the LXX., but common in classical Greek in the sense of to "<span class="accented">correct</span>," "control," or "moderate," which is its meaning here. Ellicott renders it "school" (comp. <a href="/1_timothy/5-14.htm">1 Timothy 5:14</a>). The A.V. "teach to be sober" is manifestly wrong. <span class="cmt_word">To love their husbands</span> (<span class="greek">φιλάνδρους</span> <span class="greek">εῖναι</span>); here only in the New Testament, not found in the LXX., but occasionally, in this sense, in classical Greek. <span class="cmt_word">To love their</span> <span class="cmt_word">children</span> (<span class="greek">φιλοτέκνους</span>); here only in the New Testament, not found in the LXX. except in 4 Macc. 15:4, but not uncommon in classical Greek. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/titus/2-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">In this way</span><br /><span class="grk">ἵνα</span> <span class="translit">(hina)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2443.htm">Strong's 2443: </a> </span><span class="str2">In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they can train</span><br /><span class="grk">σωφρονίζωσιν</span> <span class="translit">(sōphronizōsin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4994.htm">Strong's 4994: </a> </span><span class="str2">To make sober-minded, admonish, control. From sophron; to make of sound mind, i.e. to discipline or correct.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the</span><br /><span class="grk">τὰς</span> <span class="translit">(tas)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Accusative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">young [women]</span><br /><span class="grk">νέας</span> <span class="translit">(neas)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3501.htm">Strong's 3501: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) young, youthful, (b) new, fresh. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="grk">εἶναι</span> <span class="translit">(einai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Infinitive Active<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> </span><span class="str2">I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">love [their] husbands</span><br /><span class="grk">φιλάνδρους</span> <span class="translit">(philandrous)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5362.htm">Strong's 5362: </a> </span><span class="str2">Loving one's husband. From philos and aner; fond of man, i.e. Affectionate as a wife.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[and] children,</span><br /><span class="grk">φιλοτέκνους</span> <span class="translit">(philoteknous)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5388.htm">Strong's 5388: </a> </span><span class="str2">Loving one's children. 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