Verse 5
5. keepers at home—as "guardians of the house," as the Greek expresses. The oldest manuscripts read, "Workers at home": active in household duties (Proverbs 7:11; 1 Timothy 5:13).
good—kind, beneficent (Matthew 20:15; Romans 5:7; 1 Peter 2:18). Not churlish and niggardly, but thrifty as housewives.
obedient—rather "submissive," as the Greek is translated; (see on 1 Peter 2:18- :; 1 Peter 2:18- :).
their own—marking the duty of subjection which they owe them, as being their own husbands (Ephesians 5:22; Colossians 3:18).
blasphemed—"evil spoken of." That no reproach may be cast on the Gospel, through the inconsistencies of its professors (Titus 2:8; Titus 2:10; Romans 2:24; 1 Timothy 5:14; 1 Timothy 6:1). "Unless we are virtuous, blasphemy will come through us to the faith" [THEOPHYLACT].
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