The Joy of Grace-Energized Submission

This comes in God's final lesson for younger women in the church, which is a lifestyle and attitude of Biblical submission. That is our lesson to learn in Titus 2:5.

As we saw last time, both the NIV and NASB render this word correctly, as it is translated everywhere else it shows up in the New Testament:

Titus 2:5 to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be dishonored. NASB

God's Spirit led Paul to use a word (hupotassumenas) translated "be subject to" which means that a grace-energized woman accepts the relationship of marriage that God has designed, and willingly subjects herself to God's order for her marriage.

But why is this grace-energized submission so important? Because Paul said when grace-energized submission or any of the other six elements of Titus 2:4-5 are lacking God is not glorified and His Word is discredited.