Titus 2:3

Titus 2:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
• New International Version (NIV)Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good,
• New King James Version (NKJV)the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things—

Context of Titus 2:3

1But as for you, Titus, you must teach people to do what is right. Teach them only the things that belong to God's true message. 2Tell the older men to control themselves properly. They must think carefully about how they live, so that people respect them. They must continue to believe in Christ. They must continue to love other people. They must continue to be patient and strong. Also, tell the older women to live in a good way. Their lives must show that they respect God. They must not say bad things about other people. They must not be drunks. They must teach what is good. 4In this way, they can teach the young women how they should live. As a result, the young women will love their husbands and their children. 5The young women will control themselves well and be pure in how they live. They will be good housewives who are kind to other people. They will respect their husbands. If they live in a good way like that, nobody will be able to say bad things about God's message.

Titus 2:3 word by word

Πρεσβύτιδας ὡσαύτως ἐν καταστήματι ἱεροπρεπεῖς, μὴ διαβόλους, μὴ οἴνῳ πολλῷ δεδουλωμένας, καλοδιδασκάλους,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The aged womenπρεσβῦτιςpresbutis · old womanG4247
• likewiseὡσαύτωςhōsautōs · likewiseG5615
• thatμήmē · notG3361
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• behaviourκατάστημαkatastēma · behaviorG2688
• as becometh holinessἱεροπρεπήςhieroprepēs · reverentG2412
• false accusersδιάβολοςdiabolos · devilish/the DevilG1228
• givenδουλόωdouloō · to enslaveG1402
• to muchπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• wineοἶνοςoinos · wineG3631
• teachers of good thingsκαλοδιδάσκαλοςkalodidaskalos · teaching goodG2567

Commentaries on Titus 2:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The aged women likewise - I believe elderly women are meant, and not deaconesses. That they be in behavior - ̔· That they be in their dress, gait, and general deportment, such as their holy calling requires; that they be not like the world, but like the Church, decent without, and adorned with holiness within. Not false accusers - · Not devils; we have had the same expression applied in the same way, 1 Timothy 3:11; (note). Not given to much wine - ͅ ͅ ·…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The aged women likewise - Not only those who may have the office of deaconesses, but all aged females. That they be in behaviour as becometh holiness - Marg, “holy women.” The Greek word is not found elsewhere in the New Testament. It means appropriate to a sacred place or person, or becoming to religion. Their conduct should be such as the gospel requires. Not false accusers - - Margin, “make-bates.” Greek, ́ diabolous- the word commonly applied to the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-15Sound teaching was especially urgent on account of the false teachers, who had caused problems within "entire households" (1:11). In 2:1–10, Paul addresses different groups within the household of faith, showing his concern for the public testimony of the church (2:5, 8, 10; see also 1 Tim 5:1–6:2). Paul then elaborates on the coming of Christ (Titus 2:11–14) before giving a direct charge to Titus (2:15).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. behaviour--"deportment." as becometh holiness--"as becometh women consecrated to God" [Wahl]: being by our Christian calling priestesses unto God (Ep 5:3; 1Ti 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 (Ro 6:16; 2Pe 2:19). teachers--in private…Read the comment

Topics related to Titus 2:3

• Commandments
• Old Age
• Slander
• Temperance
• Wife
• Wine
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Adorn
• Deaconess
• Deny
• Doctrine
• Exhort
• Purify
• Redeem
• Uncorruptness
• Worldly
• Accuser

Commentaries on Titus 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings