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Titus 2:3-5
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3 Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good. 4 In this way[a] they will train[b] the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 to be self-controlled,[c] pure, fulfilling their duties at home,[d] kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message[e] of God may not be discredited.[f]

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  1. Titus 2:4 tn Grk “that they may train” (continuing the sentence of 2:3).
  2. Titus 2:4 tn This verb, σωφρονίζω (sōphronizō), denotes teaching in the sense of bringing people to their senses, showing what sound thinking is.
  3. Titus 2:5 tn Or “sensible.”
  4. Titus 2:5 tn Grk “domestic,” “keeping house.”
  5. Titus 2:5 tn Or “word.”
  6. Titus 2:5 tn Or “slandered.”
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Titus 2:3-5
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3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, (A)not malicious gossips nor (B)enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good, 4 so that they may instruct the young women in sensibility: to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 to be sensible, pure, (C)workers at home, kind, being (D)subject to their own husbands, (E)so that the word of God will not be slandered.

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Titus 2:3-5
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3 Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers(A) or addicted to much wine,(B) but to teach what is good. 4 Then they can urge the younger women(C) to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled(D) and pure, to be busy at home,(E) to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands,(F) so that no one will malign the word of God.(G)

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