Titus 2:3

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;”

— WEB

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

— KJV

“that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;”

— ASV

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Commentary

behaviour--"deportment." as becometh holiness--"as becometh women consecrated to God" [WAHL]: being by our Christian calling priestesses unto God (Eph 5:3; Ti1 2:10). "Observant of sacred decorum" [BENGEL]. not false accusers--not slanderers: a besetting sin of some elderly women. given to much wine--the besetting sin of the Cretans (Tit 1:12). Literally, "enslaved to much wine." Addiction to wine is slavery (Rom 6:16; Pe2 2:19). teachers--in private: not in public (Co1 14:34; Ti1 2:11-12); influencing for good the younger women by precept and example.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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