Titus 2:4
“That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The older women are to train the young women to be sensible and to love their husbands and children.
What Does Titus 2:4 Mean?
Paul explains the aim of the older women's teaching: to train the young women in wisdom and love. The first lessons are close to home, to be sensible and self-controlled, and to love their husbands and their children. This is mentoring within the family of faith, the experienced guiding the younger.
Strikingly, love itself is something to be taught and learned. The love named here is not mere feeling but a settled devotion that can be nurtured and strengthened over time. The home becomes a primary place where Christlike love is practiced. For the reader, this honors the daily labor of family life as a genuine spiritual calling. To love one's husband and children faithfully is not a small thing but a vocation worth learning well, and the church serves its young by helping them grow into it.