Titus 2:5 (GNV)

Passage

That they be temperate, chaste, keeping at home, good and subiect vnto their husbands, that the word of God be not euill spoken of.

Nearby Context

Titus 2:3 The elder women likewise, that they be in such behauiour as becommeth holinesse, not false accusers, not subiect to much wine, but teachers of honest things,

Titus 2:4 That they may instruct the yong women to be sober minded, that they loue their husbands, that they loue their children,

Titus 2:5 That they be temperate, chaste, keeping at home, good and subiect vnto their husbands, that the word of God be not euill spoken of.

Titus 2:6 Exhort yong men likewise, that they bee sober minded.

Titus 2:7 In all things shewe thy selfe an ensample of good woorkes with vncorrupt doctrine, with grauitie, integritie,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "temperate", "chaste", "keeping", "home", "good", "subiect", "vnto", and "husbands". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "temperate" and "chaste", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "That they may instruct the yong women..." into verse 6's "Exhort yong men likewise that they bee...", so "temperate" and "chaste" belong inside that flow. In Titus context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "temperate" and "chaste" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.