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


In Context

2 that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in patience:

3 and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

4 that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

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

6 Likewise, exhort the younger men to be sober minded;

7 in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in your teaching showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:5to 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.

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 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.