Ladies Book/Bible Studies

Titus 2:5 says that the older women are to teach the younger women “to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.” The word “prudent” or “self-controlled” in Greek is sophron and is used as a guideline for younger women in the church. But beware, this also applies to men—we see it in Titus 2:2, Titus 1:8, and 1 Tim. 3:2.

In Scripture, this word means confident, wise, self-controlled (moderate as to opinions or passions); other dictionaries translate sophron as discreet, sober, or sensible.