Titus 2:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.”
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“Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;”
King James Version · Public Domain“that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Titus 2:3 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Romans 16:2Welcome her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her with anything she may need from you. For she has been a great help to many people, including me.
- Ephesians 5:3But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.
- 1 Timothy 2:9Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,
- 1 Timothy 3:8Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.
- 1 Timothy 3:11In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.
- 1 Timothy 5:5The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.
- 1 Timothy 5:23Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.
- Titus 1:7As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.
- Titus 2:4In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,
- Hebrews 5:12Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!
- 1 Peter 3:3Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,
- Revelation 2:20But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
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