Titus 2:3

that the aged women likewise be, in deportment, as it becomes holy women, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of good things,

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2that the aged men be vigilant, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

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

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Cross References

Ephesians 5:3But lewdness, and all manner of uncleanness, or covetousness, let them not be named among you, as it becomes saints;

1 Timothy 3:8The deacons, likewise, must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not makers of money by base means,

1 Timothy 5:5But she that is a widow indeed, and left alone, trusts in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.

Titus 1:7For the bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not passionate, not fond of wine, not quarrelsome, not one who makes money by base means;

Hebrews 5:12For though you ought to be teachers, considering the time, yet you have need that some one teach you again what are the first elements of the oracles of God; and you have become such as have need of milk, and not of strong food.

Revelation 2:20But I have against you that you suffer that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and teaches and deceives my servants to practice lewdness, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.

Matthew Henry on Titus 2:2-11

Relative Duties. ( a. d. 66.) 1 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: 2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. 3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; 4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of… Read the whole commentary →

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