Titus 2:4 BSB — MannaFest

Titus 2:4

In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

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Commentary

5 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Titus (420)

Similarly, with holy habits, not inciting, not serving much wine; teaching well, that they may instruct young women towards chastity, that they may love their husbands, that they may love their children: modest, chaste, having diligence of the house, kind, submissive to their husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed. Although the apostle Peter has commanded that husbands should give honor to their wives as to a weaker vessel, nevertheless it is not to be judged that a wife, who has a weak vessel of the body, is at once weaker also in soul.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

That they may teach the young women to be sober,.... Or to be chaste, modest, and temperate; or to be wise and prudent in their conduct to their husbands, and in the management of family affairs, who have had a large experience of these things before them.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

That they instruct the young women - These Timothy was to instruct himself; Titus, by the elder women. To love their husbands, their children - With a tender, temperate, holy, wise affection.

Matthew Henry

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

That they may teach the young women to be sober - That it was natural for the young to imitate the old will be readily allowed; it was therefore necessary that the old should be an example of godly living to the young.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
σωφρονίζωσιν	sōphronizōsin	they may train	G4994 →
τὰς	tas	the	G3588 →
νέας	neas	young [women]	G3501 →
φιλάνδρους	philandrous	lovers of [their] husbands	G5362 →
εἶναι,	einai	to be,	G1511 →
φιλοτέκνους,	philoteknous	loving [their] children,	G5388 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

G1511einaito be,123×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Timothy 5:14
So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.
leads to
- Titus 2:5
  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.
- 1 Timothy 6:1
  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.
- Titus 2:8
  and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.
Through
1 Timothy 5:2
older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 4:12
  Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
- Matthew 12:50
  For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”
- Philippians 4:8
  Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.
Through
1 Timothy 5:11
But refuse to enroll younger widows. For when their passions draw them away from Christ, they will want to marry,
leads to
- 1 Timothy 5:14
  So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.
- Hosea 13:6
  When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.