that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
Parallel translations
- KJV That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
- BSB In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,
- NKJV that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
- NASB so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
- NLT These older women must train the younger women to love their husbands and their children,
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Quick answer
Older women are to train the younger women to love their husbands and children. It matters because godliness is passed on through intentional, woman-to-woman discipleship.
Overview
The good teaching of verse 3 has a clear aim: training younger women in love within the home. Such love for husband and children is presented as something to be learned and cultivated, not merely assumed. This intergenerational mentoring strengthens both families and the witness of the church.
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Cross-references · 3
- 1 Tim 5:14I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.
- 1 Tim 5:2the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.
- 1 Tim 5:11But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;
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