Titus 2:4
“That they may teach the young women to bee sober, to loue their husbands, to loue their children,”
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Titus 2:4 Context
2That the aged men be sober, graue, temperate, sound in faith, in charitie, in patience. 3The aged women likewise that they be in behauiour as becommeth holinesse, not false accusers, not giuen to much wine, teachers of good things, 4That they may teach the young women to bee sober, to loue their husbands, to loue their children, 5To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God bee not blasphemed. 6Yong men likewise exhort, to bee sober minded.
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Other Translations for Titus 2:4
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
- King James Version
so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
- American Standard Version (1901)
Training the younger women to have love for their husbands and children,
- Basic English Bible
that they may admonish the young women to be attached to [their] husbands, to be attached to [their] children,
- Darby Bible
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
- Webster's Bible
They should school the young women to be affectionate to their husbands and to their children, to be sober-minded, pure in their lives,
- Weymouth Bible
that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
- World English Bible
Moneste thou yonge wymmen, that thei loue here hosebondis, that thei loue her children;
- Wycliffe Bible
that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of [their] husbands, lovers of [their] children,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Titus 2:4
2:4 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. O how hard a lesson.
People's Bible Notes for Titus 2:4
Tit 2:4 That they may teach. A special mission is to teach the young women. What they were to be taught follows.