What is a “Titus 2 Woman?”

Mar 13

Rebecca RizzutiBible Study, Scripture, Titus 2 No Comments

The first book that I picked up after becoming a Christian was called Becoming a Woman who Pleases God (Lisa Tatlock and Pat Ennis), which professed to be based on the principles of Titus 2. Out of curiosity, I turned to Titus 2 in my Bible, and found myself becoming further confused. I had mis-read the passage, and understood only that a Titus 2 woman was a woman who taught a younger woman the ways of being a good woman in Christ. There were a lot of things that I didn’t understand about this vital passage of Scripture.

YES, Titus 2 does instruct the “aged women” to teach the younger women. But I was missing the point entirely.

So what does Titus 2 teach us?

  • To be sober
  • To love their husbands
  • To love their children
  • To be discreet
  • To be chaste
  • To be keepers at home
  • To be good
  • To be obedient to their own husbands

Many of us have fallen away from these principles. Titus 2 is either completely overlooked in the scriptures or it is decisively ignored as “cultural” or “out dated.” Even Christian women have chosen to move away from biblical womanhood in favor of modern feminism. In fact, many argue that biblical womanhood is confining and that the Bible treats women as second hand citizens (at best) or as slaves (at worst).

If this is your argument, then you’ve never tried to become a true woman of God, and my goal with this blog is to give you the opportunity to turn your life over to obedience to Him in a way that is practical and fulfilling. I’m not going to lecture you about divorce and encourage you to permit an abusive husband to continue to abuse you. I won’t ever tell you to stand by while your husband mistreats your children or commits illegal acts. Instead, my goal here is to encourage you to be pleasing to God in a way that brings increased peace and happiness into your life.

I want you to be as happy as I am.

Titus 2 is a condition of the heart, and it is a condition which must be fostered by Christian women who wish to become better wives and homemakers. It is not something that you can put on outwardly like your clothes, but something which you must work to attain through prayerful commitment to the commandments of God.

If you truly wish to improve your marriage and your life in Christ, you need to make a decision to put aside worldly things and honor God and, yes, honor your husband as well. If this makes you feel defensive and makes you bristle at the very thought, stop now and go somewhere else. This is the narrow road, the path to becoming a Titus 2 woman, but it is a road that we will be taking together. If you’re ready, pick yourself up and come with me. You might even enjoy the journey.

Examining Titus 2 in Scripture

Mar 04

Rebecca RizzutiBible Study, Scripture, Titus 2 No Comments

I would like to begin today by introducing you to Titus 2, a Scripture that has, for a long time, confused and dismayed me. It is a Scripture that is mentioned in the majority of books written to, for and by Christian women, but Titus 2 is often not adequately explained. On a personal level, I found it difficult to understand why this passage from the Bible was so consistently mentioned in books pertaining to Christian women and marriage.

Now, if you know me you know that I am easily frustrated and discouraged, and that I have an impossibly quick temper. There is nothing that I abhor more than my own basic lack of understanding. I did what was, for me, the most logical thing: I abandoned all books with a reference to Titus 2. If nobody could explain to me what the Scriptures meant, then I would simply ignore them until such time as somebody could point me in the right direction.

This blog is about Christian women, written by a Christian woman. While much of it is my personal journey as I explore the Scriptures, and in particular Titus 2, it is a great opportunity for us to learn from one another.

Bear in mind that I am not the “aged woman” of Scripture. In fact, I have never had in my life a Titus 2 woman. There has never been a woman in my life who has supported me by teaching me the life skills that I would need to be a good Christian wife and mother one day.

I have pasted the original King James Scripture below so that you can read it. Through the coming months and years, we will examine the Titus 2 woman together in the hopes of becoming that wonderful aged Christian woman.

3The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

4That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

5To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.