5to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.


In Context

2 Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.

3 Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good.

4 Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children,

5 to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.

6 Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled.

7 In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness

Titus 2:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:5[To be] discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:5to be'sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:5To be discreet, chaste, sober, having a care of the house, gentle, obedient to their husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5discreet, chaste, diligent in home work, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:5to be soberminded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God's word may not be blasphemed.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5sober, pure, keepers of their own houses, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:5To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.