Titus 2:3
likewise that the elderly women be reverent in demeanor, not tattlers, not given to much wine, teachers of that which is good;
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
2That the elderly men be sober, grave, prudent, sound in faith, in divine love, in patience:
4in order that they instruct the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
Cross References
Ephesians 5:3But all fornication, and uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be named among you, as it becomes saints;
1 Timothy 3:8Likewise let the deacons be grave, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not fond of filthy lucre;
1 Timothy 5:5She who is truly a widow, and left alone, hopes in God, and abides in prayers and supplication night and day;
Titus 1:7For it behooves the bishop to be blameless, as the steward of God; not audacious, not irascible, not given to wine, not a controvertist, not fond of filthy lucre;
Hebrews 5:12For indeed you, who ought to be teachers so far as time is concerned, have need that some one again teach you what are the rudiments of the beginning of the oracles of God; and you have need of milk, not solid food.
Revelation 2:20But I have it against you, that you suffer the woman Jezebel, who says herself to be a prophet, and teaches and deceives my servants to commit fornication, and to cat 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 →