to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:
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… to fulfill the household codes that you find in Titus. For example, in Titus 2.5, that the word of God may not be reviled. Titus 2.8, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us. And then in Titus 2.10, so that in everything, we may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior. Again, wearing it before those who are around us. Both audiences are going to be important to remember when we approach the apologetic text in 315. Remember, remember these two audiences and remember what Paul is saying about these two audiences. So be subject to human authority. First, Peter urges believers to be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution. We find that in chapter two, verse 13. These words are reminiscent to Paul's words in Romans 13. Peter has in mind, if you look at 13 and 14, the emperor as supreme, or to governors as set by him to punish those who do evil and praise those who do good. …
… So older women teach the young women to do what? To love their husbands, to love their children, to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the Word of God will not be dishonored. And again, it comes back to what kind of testimony you give. If you're going to show that the gospel transformed you, you can't be a rebellious wife. That's not going to communicate the grace of Christ having transformed a heart. This is an emphatic statement of the function of a wife. Again, what I'm saying is this isn't about one's essential quality, character, virtue. This is simply in the design of God. Women are to be taught to love their husbands. It's not just submitting, it's loving. And it's the Greek word that means to have strong affection for. They're to love their husbands, and the same with their children. They're to be known as lovers of husbands and lovers of children. That is the priority for a woman, and that's what her submission really means. …
… to love their husbands, to love their children to be sensible, pure, workers at home kind, being subject to their own husbands so that the word of God will not be dishonored. We don't like that. You don't have to tell me. I know we don't like that. I know we hear that and we think, oh man, that's just so old-fashioned. That's just so oppressive. That's just this. That's just that. That's the word. Teach these younger women, please, teach them to love their husbands, to love their children, to be pure, sensible, to be workers at home, keepers at home. Teach them, please, to be subject to their own husbands. Why? So that the word of God will not be dishonored. Because when we pursue our picture of marriage and not the biblical picture of marriage, we dishonor the word of God. Can I make this more specific? I want to read you some statements about my wife. Because we do, I know we have problems with this. …
… to fulfill the household codes that you find in Titus. For example, in Titus 2.5, that the word of God may not be reviled. Titus 2.8, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us. And then in Titus 2.10, so that in everything we may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior. Again, wearing it before those who are around us. Both audiences are going to be important to remember when we approach the apologetic text in 315. Remember these two audiences, and remember what Paul is saying about these two audiences. So be subject to human authority. First, Peter urges believers to be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution. We find that in chapter 2, verse 13. These words are reminiscent to Paul's words in Romans 13. Peter has in mind, if you look at 13 and 14, the emperor as supreme or to governors as set by him to punish those who do evil and praise those who do good. …