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Elderly women presbytis, likewise hōsautōs, are to be reverent hieroprepēs in en demeanor katastēma, not slanderers diabolos, and not enslaved douloō to much polys wine oinos, teaching what is good kalodidaskalos, and so hina encourage sōphronizō the ho younger women neos to love their husbands philandros and children philoteknos, to be self-controlled sōphrōn, pure hagnos, working at home oikourgos, kind agathos, submissive hypotassō to ho their own idios husbands anēr that hina the ho word logos of ho God theos may not be blasphemed blasphēmeō.

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Likewise, older women are to show their reverence for God by their behavior. They are not to be gossips or addicted to alcohol, but to be examples[a] of goodness. They should encourage the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be sensible and pure, to manage their households, to be kind, and to submit themselves to their husbands. Otherwise, the word of God may be discredited.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Titus 2:3 Or teachers
  2. Titus 2:5 Or blasphemed