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

1Tell believers to live the kind of life that goes along with accurate teachings. 2Tell older men to be sober. Tell them to be men of good character, to use good judgment, and to be well-grounded in faith, love, and endurance. Tell older women to live their lives in a way that shows they are dedicated to God. Tell them not to be gossips or addicted to alcohol, but to be examples of virtue. 4In this way they will teach young women to show love to their husbands and children, 5to use good judgment, and to be morally pure. Also, tell them to teach young women to be homemakers, to be kind, and to place themselves under their husbands’ authority. Then no one can speak evil of God’s word.

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