Titus 2:2-10

Jul 28, 2019    Pastor Mark Mills

Verse 4b-5
MacArthur: Older women should teach younger women the skills and disciplines needed to have a successful home and marriage. Experienced wives and mothers will find their greatest avenue of ministry in teaching younger wives what they need to know to be effective wives, mothers, and homemakers.

Hughes: The wording is a gentle reminder that even more important than love for one's children is love for one's spouse, because children will not readily understand the greatest of God's earthly gifts (i.e., the love shared by Christian spouses) unless a mother's love for her husband is evident in the home.

Sproul: To submit to anyone less than Christ is difficult in a marriage. Yet it is Christ who commands women to be submissive to their sinful, fallible husbands. In this sense Christ is the silent partner of the marriage. It is hard for a wife to submit when she disagrees with her husband. But when she knows her submission is an act of obedience to Christ and honors Christ, it is much less difficult.

Verse 6
Ellicott: In this pregnant word, a young man's duty is simply but comprehensively enunciated.
Tozer: One of our greatest tasks is to demonstrate to the young people of this generation that there is nothing stupid about righteousness.