Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
to be sober—Greek, "self-restrained," "discreet"; the same Greek as in Titus 2:2, "temperate." (But see on Titus 2:2; compare Note, II Timothy 1:7). ALFORD therefore translates, "That they school (admonish in their duty) the young women to be lovers of their husbands," etc. (the foundation of all domestic happiness). It was judicious that Titus, a young man, should admonish the young women, not directly, but through the older women.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Titus 2:4:
2 Timothy 1:7
Titus 2:1
Titus 2:11
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