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To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. |
to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed. |
to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be dishonored. |
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to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God. |
To be self-controlled, chaste, homemakers, good-natured (kind-hearted), adapting and subordinating themselves to their husbands, that the word of God may not be exposed to reproach (blasphemed or discredited). |
to be discreet, chaste, workers at home, kind, in subjection to their own husbands with implicit obedience, in order that the word of God may not be reproachfully spoken of. |
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to be sensible and chaste, home-lovers, kind-hearted and willing to adapt themselves to their husbands – a good advertisement for the Christian faith. |
to be serious, pure, homekeepers, kind, and subordinate to their husbands, so as not to cause God’s message to suffer reproach. |
- No cross references or parallel passage have been cited for this verse.
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