Titus 2:5 “keepers at home” has to mean something. Given Prov.31, we’d be off base to say it means wives never work outside the home. But the idea that there is a “homemaker” (oikourgos) is not merely tradition. Tradition informs us as to what the role looks like, how it works in a well ordered home. But the core idea is a biblical one. See also 1 Tim. 5:14. Though that passage speaks specifically of young widows, it arguable directs them to behave like married women with respect to keeping a home.
Views expressed are always my own and not my employer's, my church's, my family's, my neighbors', or my pets'. The house plants have authorized me to speak for them, however, and they always agree with me.
Discussion
Newoikourgos?
Titus 2:5 “keepers at home” has to mean something. Given Prov.31, we’d be off base to say it means wives never work outside the home. But the idea that there is a “homemaker” (oikourgos) is not merely tradition. Tradition informs us as to what the role looks like, how it works in a well ordered home. But the core idea is a biblical one. See also 1 Tim. 5:14. Though that passage speaks specifically of young widows, it arguable directs them to behave like married women with respect to keeping a home.
Views expressed are always my own and not my employer's, my church's, my family's, my neighbors', or my pets'. The house plants have authorized me to speak for them, however, and they always agree with me.