Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Titus 2:5
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5. keepers at home —as "guardians of the house," as the Greek expresses. The oldest manuscripts read, " Workers at home": active in household duties ( Proverbs 7:11 ; 1 Timothy 5:13 ). good —kind, beneficent ( Matthew 20:15 ; Romans 5:7 ; 1 Peter 2:18 ). Not churlish and niggardly, but thrifty as housewives. obedient —rather "submissive," as the Greek is translated; (see on 1 Peter 2:18- : ; 1 Peter 2:18- : ). their own —marking the duty of subjection which they owe them, as being their own husbands ( Ephesians 5:22 ; Colossians 3:18 ). blasphemed —"evil spoken of." That no reproach may be cast on the Gospel, through the inconsistencies of its professors ( Titus 2:8 ; Titus 2:10 ; Romans 2:24 ; 1 Timothy 5:14 ; 1 Timothy 6:1 ). "Unless we are virtuous, blasphemy will come through us to the faith" [THEOPHYLACT]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-6" class="com-number"
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