Titus 2:5

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

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
discreet	σώφρονας, sōphronas	G4998	safe (sound) in mind · adjective — accusative plural feminine
chaste	ἁγνάς, hagnas	G53	properly · adjective — accusative plural feminine
home	οἰκουρός oikourós	G3626	be "ware")
good	ἀγαθάς, agathas	G18	"good" (in any sense · adjective — accusative plural feminine
obedient	ὑποτασσομένας hupotassomenas	G5293	to subordinate · verb — present passive participle, accusative plural feminine
own	ἰδίοις idiois	G2398	pertaining to self · adjective — dative plural masculine
husbands	ἀνδράσιν, andrasin	G435	a man (properly as an individual male) · noun — dative plural masculine
that	ἵνα ina	G2443	compare G3588 (ὁ)) · conjunction
word	λόγος logos	G3056	something said (including the thought) · noun — nominative singular masculine
God	θεοῦ theou	G2316	figuratively · noun — genitive singular masculine, a title
be	βλασφημῆται.¶ blasphēmētai	G987	to vilify · verb — present passive subjunctive, 3rd person singular
not	μὴ mē	G3361	(adverb) not · particle — negative
blasphemed	βλασφημέω blasphēméō	G987	to vilify

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Proverbs 31:10-31 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Colossians 3:18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
1 Timothy 5:10 Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she…
1 Timothy 5:13-14 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things…
1 Peter 3:1-5 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conv…
Genesis 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire sha…
Ephesians 5:22-24 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Proverbs 7:11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Titus 2:1-10

Here is the third thing in the matter of the epistle. In the chapter foregoing, the apostle had directed Titus about matters of government, and to set in order the things that were wanting in the churches. Now here he exhorts him, I. Generally, to a faithful discharge of his own office. His ordaining others to preach would not excuse himself from preaching, nor might he take care of ministers and elders only, but he must instruct private Christians also in their duty. The adversative particle (but) here points back to the corrupt teachers, who vented fables, things vain and unprofitable: in opposition to them, says he, "But speak thou the things that become sound doctrine, what is agreeable…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Titus 2:5

keepers at home--as "guardians of the house," as the Greek expresses. The oldest manuscripts read, "Workers at home": active in household duties (Pro 7:11; Ti1 5:13). good--kind, beneficent (Mat 20:15; Rom 5:7; Pe1 2:18). Not churlish and niggardly, but thrifty as housewives. obedient--rather "submissive," as the Greek is translated; (see on Eph 5:21-22; Eph 5:24). their own--marking the duty of subjection which they owe them, as being their own husbands (Eph 5:22; Col 3:18). blasphemed--"evil spoken of." That no reproach may be cast on the Gospel, through the inconsistencies of its professors (Tit 2:8, Tit 2:10; Rom 2:24; Ti1 5:14; Ti1 6:1). "Unless we are virtuous, blasphemy will c…

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Adam Clarke on Titus 2:5

Keepers at home - Οικουρους. A woman who spends much time in visiting, must neglect her family. The idleness, dirtiness, impudence, and profligacy of the children, will soon show how deeply criminal the mother was in rejecting the apostle's advice. Instead of οικουρους, keepers of the house, or keepers at home, ACD*EFG, and several of the Itala, have οικουργους, workers at home; not only staying in the house and keeping the house, but working in the house. A woman may keep the house very closely, and yet do little in it for the support or comfort of the family. That the word of God be not blasphemed - The enemies of the Gospel are quick-eyed to spy out imperfections in its professors; and, i…

The Church Fathers

Not by the domestic nature, but by the will of the one receiving.
— John Damascene,

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Marriage — Was instituted in Paradise when man was in innocence (Gen. 2:18-24). Here we have its original charter, which was confirmed by our Lord, as the basis on which all regulations are to be framed (Matt.…
Doctrines Of The Gospel, The · Bring no reproach on — Bring no reproach on
Missionaries, All Christians Should Be As · Women and children as well as men — Women and children as well as men
Wife · UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO — UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Wives · Duties of, to their husbands: To obey them — Duties of, to their husbands: To obey them

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Titus 2:5

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Titus 2:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Titus 2:5

Adam Clarke on Titus 2:5

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Titus 2:5

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Titus 2:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Titus 2:5

Adam Clarke on Titus 2:5

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Titus 2:5

John Calvin on Titus 2:1-5

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Titus 2:1-15