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What does Titus 2:4 mean?
"that they may train the young wives to love their husbands, to love their children,"
— Titus 2:4 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
But say the things which fit sound doctrine,
that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in perseverance:
and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;
that they may train the young wives to love their husbands, to love their children,
to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.
Likewise, exhort the younger men to be sober minded;
in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in your teaching showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,
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Biblical perspective
What does 2:48 mean in the Bible?
If you've been seeing this time and wondering about its significance, Luke 2:48 and Daniel 2:48 are both real verses worth reading.
Luke 2:48 is the moment Mary finds the young Jesus in the temple and asks where he's been — his answer reveals something important about purpose and calling.
Luke 2:48
"When they saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, 'Son, why have you treated us this way? Behold, your father and I were anxiously looking for you.'"
Daniel 2:48
"Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon."
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