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Teaching Sound Doctrine

Titus 2:4

In 9 translations

BSB
In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,
KJV
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
WEB
that they may train the young wives to love their husbands, to love their children,
ASV
that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
LSV
that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of [their] husbands, lovers of [their] children,
YLT
that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of [their] husbands, lovers of [their] children,
DBY
that they may admonish the young women to be attached to [their] husbands, to be attached to [their] children,
DRC
That they may teach the young women to be wise, to love their husbands, to love their children,
GNV
That they may instruct the yong women to be sober minded, that they loue their husbands, that they loue their children,

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read σωφρονίζωσιν (“they may train”); Tyndale House, Tregelles read σωφρονίζουσιν (“they train”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Spelling of σωφρονίζωσιν: SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Byzantine text: σωφρονίζωσι.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: σωφρονίζωσι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read σωφρονίζωσι; Tregelles read σωφρονίζουσιν.

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Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἵνα σωφρονίζωσι τὰς νέας φιλάνδρους εἶναι, φιλοτέκνους,
RP2018
ἵνα σωφρονίζωσιν τὰς νέας φιλάνδρους εἶναι, φιλοτέκνους,
TR-Boyd
ἵνα σωφρονίζωσι τὰς νέας φιλάνδρους εἶναι, φιλοτέκνους,
SCR1894
ινα σωφρονιζωσιν τας νεας φιλανδρους ειναι φιλοτεκνους

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Timothy 5:14So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.
  • 1 Timothy 5:2older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
  • 1 Timothy 5:11But refuse to enroll younger widows. For when their passions draw them away from Christ, they will want to marry,

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