Titus 2:3

that aged women likewise be in behavior as becomes holiness, not false accusers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 aged men be sober, grave, discreet, sound in the faith, in love, in patience;

4that they may teach the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

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Cross References

Ephesians 5:3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becomes saints,

1 Timothy 3:8Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of gain;

1 Timothy 5:5Now she that is a widow indeed, and left alone, has set her hope on God, and continues in supplications and prayers, night and day.

Titus 1:7For the overseer[1:7] must be, without reproach, as God's steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy of gain;

Hebrews 5:12For though ye ought, on account of the time, to be teachers, ye again have need that some one teach you the first principles of the oracles of God, and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.

Revelation 2:20But I have against thee, that thou sufferest the woman Jezebel[2:20], who calls herself a prophetess; and she teaches and seduces my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things offered 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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