Parallel Verses
Goodspeed New Testament
and to be sensible, pure-minded, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so as not to bring reproach on God's message.
New American Standard Bible
to be sensible, pure,
King James Version
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Holman Bible
to be self-controlled, pure, homemakers, kind, and submissive
International Standard Version
to be sensible and pure, to manage their households, to be kind, and to submit themselves to their husbands. Otherwise, the word of God may be discredited.
A Conservative Version
to be serious-minded, pure, homemakers, good, submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God may not be blasphemed.
American Standard Version
to be'sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:
Amplified
to be sensible, pure, makers of a home [where God is honored], good-natured, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored.
An Understandable Version
to be sensible, [morally] pure, [good] homemakers, kind [and] in subjection to their own husbands, so that God's message will not be spoken against.
Anderson New Testament
to be discreet, chaste, fond of home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not reviled.
Bible in Basic English
To be wise in mind, clean in heart, kind; working in their houses, living under the authority of their husbands; so that no evil may be said of the word of God.
Common New Testament
to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored.
Daniel Mace New Testament
to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, good oeconimists, beneficent, submissive to their husbands,
Darby Translation
discreet, chaste, diligent in home work, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.
Godbey New Testament
to be prudent, chaste, domestic, good, submissive to their own husbands, in order that the word of God may not be blasphemed.
John Wesley New Testament
to love their chidren, Discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Julia Smith Translation
Of sound mind chaste, remaining at home, good subordinates to their own husbands, that the word of God be not defamed.
King James 2000
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[to be] self-controlled, pure, busy at home, good, being subject to their own husbands, in order that the word of God may not be slandered.
Modern King James verseion
to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, subject to their own husbands, that the Word of God may not be blasphemed.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
to be of discreet, chaste, housewifely, good, and obedient unto their own husbands, that the word of God be not evil spoken of.
Moffatt New Testament
to be mistress of themselves, chaste, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands ??otherwise it will be a scandal to the gospel.
Montgomery New Testament
to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind and submissive to their husbands, in order that God's message be not maligned.
NET Bible
to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of God may not be discredited.
New Heart English Bible
to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God's word may not be blasphemed.
Noyes New Testament
to be discreet, chaste, workers at home, good, in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Sawyer New Testament
sober, pure, fond of home, kind, subject to their husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.
The Emphasized Bible
soberminded, chaste, workers at home, good, submitting themselves to their own husbands, - that, the word of God, be not defamed;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
to be sober, domestic, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not ill reported of.
Twentieth Century New Testament
and to be discreet, pure-minded, domesticated, good women, ready to submit to their husbands, in order that God's Message may not be maligned.
Webster
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Weymouth New Testament
industrious in their homes, kind, submissive to their husbands, so that the Christian teaching may not be exposed to reproach.
Williams New Testament
to be serious, pure, home keepers, kind, and subordinate to their husbands, so as not to cause God's message to suffer reproach.
World English Bible
to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God's word may not be blasphemed.
Worrell New Testament
to be sober, pure, workers at home, good, submitting themselves to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Worsley New Testament
chaste, keepers at home, good, submissive to their husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.
Youngs Literal Translation
sober, pure, keepers of their own houses, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.
Themes
Doctrines of the The Gospel » Bring no reproach on
Home » Admonitions concerning abiding at
Sobriety » Who should be sober
Social duties » Brotherly love » Chastity
Social duties » Of home-keeping » Admonitions concerning abiding at home
Speech/communication » What should proceed out of your mouth
Topics
Interlinear
Agathos
Hupotasso
Idios
Blasphemeo
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Titus 2:5
Prayers for Titus 2:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Sound Instruction And Consistent Behavior
4 so as to train the younger women to be loving wives and mothers, 5 and to be sensible, pure-minded, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so as not to bring reproach on God's message. 6 Urge the younger men, too, to be sensible.
Cross References
1 Timothy 6:1
All who are under the yoke of slavery must treat their masters with the greatest respect, so that the name of God and our teaching may not be abused.
Acts 9:36
Among the disciples at Joppa there was a woman named Tabitha, which is in Greek Dorcas, that is, gazelle. She had devoted herself to doing good and to acts of charity.
Acts 9:39
Peter went with them at once. When he arrived, they took him up to the room and all the widows stood around him crying and showing him the shirts and coats that Dorcas had made when she was still with them.
Romans 2:24
For, as the Scripture says, the very name of God is abused among the heathen, because of you!
1 Corinthians 11:3
But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, while a woman's head is her husband, and Christ's head is God.
1 Corinthians 14:34
Women are to keep quiet in church, for they are not allowed to speak. They must take a subordinate place, just as the Law says.
Ephesians 5:22-24
You married women must subordinate yourselves to your husbands, as you do to the Lord,
Ephesians 5:33
But each one of you must love his wife just as he loves himself, and the wife, too, must respect her husband.
Colossians 3:18
You married women must subordinate yourselves to your husbands, for that is your duty as Christians.
1 Timothy 2:11-12
Women must listen quietly in church and be perfectly submissive.
1 Timothy 5:10
and have a good reputation for Christian service, such as bringing up children, being hospitable to strangers, washing the feet of God's people, helping people in distress, or devoting herself to any form of doing good.
1 Timothy 5:13-14
Besides, as they go about from house to house they learn to be idle, and not only idle but gossips and busybodies, and talk of things they ought not to mention.
1 Peter 3:1-5
You married women, in the same way, must be submissive to your husbands, so that any who refuse to believe the message may be won over without argument through the behavior of their wives