Titus 2:3-5
New American Standard Bible
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 [a]encourage the young women 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 dishonored.
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- Titus 2:4 Or train
Titus 2:3-5
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
3 that old-women similarly be reverent in behavior, not slanderous, not having been enslaved to much wine, teachers-of-good[a], 4 in order that they may train the young women to be husband-lovers[b], children-lovers, 5 sound-minded, pure, working-at-home[c], good, while being subject to their own husbands, in order that the word of God may not be blasphemed.
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- Titus 2:3 Or, teaching-what-is-good.
- Titus 2:4 Or, husband-loving. Likewise next.
- Titus 2:5 The emphasis is on working, on not being idle busybodies (compare 1 Tim 5:13).
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