Key Verse Spotlight
Titus 2:5 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“{To be} discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.”
Titus 2:5
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
The aged women likewise, that {they be} in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; {holiness: or, holy women} {false...: or, one who foments strife}
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, {sober: or, wise}
{To be} discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. {sober...: or, discreet}
In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine {shewing} uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
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