Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
keepers at home—as "guardians of the house," as the Greek expresses. The oldest manuscripts read, "Workers at home": active in household duties (Proverbs 7:11; I Timothy 5:13).
good—kind, beneficent (Matthew 20:15; Romans 5:7; I Peter 2:18). Not churlish and niggardly, but thrifty as housewives.
obedient—rather "submissive," as the Greek is translated; (see on Ephesians 5:21-22; Ephesians 5:24).
their own—marking the duty of subjection which they owe them, as being their own husbands (Ephesians 5:22; Colossians 3:18).
blasphemed—"evil spoken of." That no reproach may be cast on the Gospel, through the inconsistencies of its professors (Titus 2:8, Titus 2:10; Romans 2:24; I Timothy 5:14; I Timothy 6:1). "Unless we are virtuous, blasphemy will come through us to the faith" [THEOPHYLACT].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Titus 2:5:
Proverbs 7:11-12
Proverbs 31:27
1 Corinthians 14:34
Ephesians 5:22
1 Timothy 5:14
1 Timothy 6:1
Titus 2:1
Titus 2:8
Titus 2:11
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