Read the Bible
KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE

Titus 2:4

TEXT EDITION
Pure Cambridge Edition selected
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
Share
Email linkOpen a new message in your email app
Read chapter
More
Report an issueTell us about a text or study problem

PASSAGE SELECTION

Build from either side

1 selected · 9 available

Choose up to 10 verses in this chapter. The study tools update with the selected passage.

+ Add Titus 2:3
+ Add Titus 2:5

SCRIPTURE WITH SCRIPTURE

Cross References

3 Essential passages are open for comparison.

Reference depth

From verse 4

  1. 1 Timothy 5:14Rank 1 from verse 4
    Open

    14I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

  2. 1 Timothy 5:2Rank 2 from verse 4
    Open

    2The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

  3. 1 Timothy 5:11Rank 3 from verse 4
    Open

    11But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

Definitions

Open a word for its full definition and concordance.

DEFINED WORDS

Titus 2:4

COMBINED MEANING

teach

↗

To instruct, inform, train, show, counsel, or communicate knowledge or doctrine.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

young

↗

1. Early in life or growth. 2. Offspring or young persons or creatures.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sober

↗

Self-controlled, watchful, and sound in judgment; calm and serious rather than intoxicated, frenzied, or careless.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

love

↗

Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

children

↗

Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

FOLLOW THE THEME

Related Concepts

Choose a connected KJV word or phrase to find where it appears in scripture.

READ BEFORE AND AFTER

Surrounding Verses

Nearby Scripture remains separate from the selected passage until you add it.

3The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

4That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

Selected passage

5To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

LOCAL PASTOR DIRECTORY

Find a Pastor Near You

Enter a U.S. ZIP code to find nearby pastors committed to holding fast the faithful word.

Your ZIP is processed in this browser from local data. It is not sent to a ZIP lookup service or to a church. ZIP coordinates from GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.