That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
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Gill's Exposition
To be discreet,.... Or temperate in eating and drinking, so the word is rendered in Tit 2:2 or to be sober both in body and mind; or to be wise and prudent in the whole of their conduct, both at home…
Barnes' Notes
That they may teach the young women to be sober - Margin, “wise” - a word similar to that which in Tit 2:2 is rendered “temperate,” and in 1Ti 3:2, “sober.” The meaning is, that they should instruct…
Adam Clarke
That they may teach the young women to be sober - That it was natural for the young to imitate the old will be readily allowed; it was therefore necessary that the old should be an example of godly…
Here is the third thing in the matter of the epistle. In the chapter foregoing, the apostle had directed Titus about matters of government, and to set in order the things that were wanting in the…
Cambridge Bible
The standard of holy living for young women
4. that they may teach the youngwomen to be sober A.V. -teach to be sober" (i.e. pure) gives the full meaning of the verb, but not its grammatical force…