Passage

Advice within a household

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

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

Titus 2:5World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The passage gives older women instructions for teaching younger women about family life.

To understand

It lists self-control, chastity, care of the home, kindness and submission to husbands, linking the advice to how God’s word is spoken of. These instructions belong to a household order with unequal roles.

A question

What reason does the passage give for these household instructions?