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Titus 2:3
The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things,
The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things,
Verse Titus 2:3. _THE AGED WOMEN LIKEWISE_] I believe _elderly_ women are meant, and not _deaconesses_. _THAT_ THEY BE _IN BEHAVIOUR_] εν καταστηματι ιεροπρεπεις. That they be in their _dress, gait_...
THE 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...
II. THINGS WHICH BECOME SOUND DOCTRINE CHAPTER 2 _ 1. Adorning the doctrine of our Saviour-God (Titus 2:1)_ 2. The grace of God and its work (Titus 2:11) Titus 2:1 “But speak thou the things which...
TEACHING ON CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOUR. (_a) Titus 2:1_. DUTY OF DIFFERENT CLASSES. In contrast with the errorists-' irrefevances, Titus must continually inculcate right conduct. This is defined for (_a)_ o...
THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER (Titus 2:1-10) (1) The Senior Men (Titus 2:1-2)...
In the same way you must charge the older women to be in demeanour such as befits those who are engaged in sacred things. You must charge them not to spread slanderous stories, not to be enslaved by o...
AGED WOMEN. Greek. _presbutis_. Only here. IN. App-104. BEHAVIOUR. Greek. _katastema_. Only here. AS... HOLINESS. Greek. _hieroprepes_. Only here. NOT. App-105. FALSE ACCUSERS. Figure of speech _I...
_The aged women likewise_ THAT AGED WOMEN, not of any order of women corresponding to that of -elders"; though this exact word is used of such an order in the 11th Laodicean Canon, -those that are cal...
What standard of holy living is to be maintained; first, for elder men and women After these instructions to Titus for the appointment of presbyters and the repression of false teachers in chap. 1, S...
ἸΕΡΟΠΡΕΠΕΙ͂Σ. So the rec. text with the great majority of uncials (and the margin of the Harclean version); CH** 17, the Syriac, Latin, and Bohairic versions support ἰεροπρεπεῖ, and take it as qualify...
1–10. TITUS’ POSITIVE TEACHING, AS REGARDS VARIOUS CLASSES OF PERSONS...
ΠΡΕΣΒΎΤΙΣ (G4247) пожилая женщина, ΩΣΑΎΤΩΣ (G5615) подобно, ΚΑΤΆΣΤΗΜΑ (G2688) поведение, настрой. Имеется в виду состояние ума (Guthrie). ΙΕΡΟΠΡΕΠΉΣ (G2412) подобающий святости, почтение, нечто хра...
IN BEHAVIOUR AS BECOMETH HOLINESS,— _That they behave with sanctity of manners._ Heylin. [_Exhort_] _to that steadiness which becometh saints._ Doddridge. See 1 Timothy 2:9. 1 Peter 3:3....
OLDER WOMEN Titus 2:3. _TEXT 2:3_ 3 That aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; _Thought Questions 2:3_ 65. To what...
The aged women likewise, —Paul now shifts the focus of Titus toward the elderly women. He lists five areas of study for them.(1)that [they be] in behaviour as becometh holiness, —They are to live Chri...
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; BEHAVIOUR, [ katasteemati (G2688)] - 'deportment:' 'the...
1 Paul writes this letter in the character of a slave. This shows that the epistle deals with service. He adds the title apostle, to give weight to his injunctions. 2 Eonian life, usually called "eve...
VARIOUS INSTRUCTIONS FOR CHRISTIAN LIFE AND DOCTRINE 1-15. 'In giving sound doctrine, to offset false teaching, put the first emphasis on the need of character, because Christ is our reward, and very...
BEHAVIOUR] All outward department; not simply dress on the one hand; not inner thoughts on the other. NOT GIVEN TO MUCH WINE] RV 'enslaved to much wine.' Cretans, both men and women, were notorious dr...
A GUIDE FOR CHRISTIAN LEADERS TITUS _HILDA BRIGHT AND HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 2 WHAT TITUS HAD TO TEACH V1 But you, Titus, must teach the things that are true. V2 Teach the older men that they sho...
THE AGED WOMEN LIKEWISE. — St. Paul, faithful to what had now become one of the guiding principles of Christianity, the equal position of women in the city of God, fellow-heirs with men in the citizen...
CHAPTER 21 THE MEANING AND VALUE OF SOBER-MINDEDNESS-THE USE AND ABUSE OF RELIGIOUS EMOTION. - Titus 2:1 Is marked contrast to the seducing teachers who are described in the concluding verses of the...
πρεσβύτιδας : correlative to πρεσβύτας, as πρεσβυτέρας is to πρεσβυτέρῳ in 1 Timothy 5:1-2. ὡσαύτως : See on 1 Timothy 2:9. ἐν καταστήματι ἱεροπρεπεῖς : _reverent in demeanour_, R.V. καταστολή in 1 T...
In the face of this immoral teaching, do you constantly impress the moral duties of the Gospel on your people of every age and class. There is an ideal of conduct appropriate to old men and old women...
A PATTERN FOR OLD AND YOUNG Titus 2:1 The supreme test of all Christian teaching and Christian work depends on whether they produce healthy characters, which are not contaminated by the noisome and...
The apostle then proceeded to show what the behavior of aged men, aged women, and young men in the Church should be. In connection with the behavior of bond-servants Paul employed what is perhaps the...
SOUND DOCTRINE FOR THE AGED The word "sound" here literally conveys the idea of healthy (Titus 2:1). Unfortunately, many people are not interested in sound teaching (1 Timothy 1:8-11; 2 Timothy 4:3-4)...
_In holy attire. [1] See 1 Timothy ii. 9. The Greek word is sometimes used to signify the whole constitution, or state of a man's health in all the parts of his body: here it is taken for a woman's wh...
(1) В¶ But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: (2) That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. (3) The aged women likewise, that they be in be...
The epistle to Titus has much in common with those to Timothy, as all must observe; not only as being addressed to a fellow-servant, and indeed a son in the faith, but in general similarity of charact...
3._That aged women in like manner _We very frequently see, that females advanced in age either continue to dress with the lightness of youthful years, or have something superstitious in their apparel,...
"Sound doctrine" takes account of all this, and, in its warnings and exhortations, maintains all these proprieties. This is the instruction which the apostle here gives to Titus, with regard to aged m...
AND THE AGED WOMEN LIKEWISE,.... Speak also to them the things which become their profession, and what is right for them to be, and do: these aged women design not persons in office, who were ancient...
The aged women likewise, that _they be_ in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; Ver. 3. _In behaviour_] εν καταστηματι, or, in habit, a...
_The aged women likewise_ All of them in general, and not merely such as were employed by the church in teaching the young of their own sex the doctrines and precepts of Christianity; _that they be in...
FALSE ACCUSERS; given to slander....
In contrast to the vanity of others, as in the previous verses, Titus has pressed upon him his personal responsibility: "But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine." "Sound" has the force o...
HOLINESS: Or, holy women FALSE ACCUSERS: Or, makebates...
1-8 Old disciples of Christ must behave in every thing agreeably to the Christian doctrine. That the aged men be sober; not thinking that the decays of nature will justify any excess; but seeking com...
OLBGrk; THE AGED WOMEN LIKEWISE; that is, do thou also teach the women that in age exceed others. THAT THEY BE IN BEHAVIOUR AS BECOMETH HOLINESS; en katasthmati ieroprepeiv to be in their habit becomi...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV Gracefully, therefore, the apostle says in the Epistle to Titus, "that the eider women should be of godly behaviour, should not be slanderers, not enslaved to m...
Titus 2:3 women G4247 likewise G5615 reverent G2412 in G1722 behavior G2688 not G3361 slanderers G1228 not G3361 given...
Titus 2:3. LIKEWISE, for the same moral propriety applies here, modified only by sex. BEHAVIOUR, or deportment, a wide term, covering ‘walk, gesture, countenance, speech, silence' (Jerome). BECOMET...
AGED WOMEN (πρεσβυτιδας). Old word, feminine of πρεσβυτης, only here in N.T. See πρεσβυτερας in 1 Timothy 5:2.REVERENT (ιεροπρεπεις). Old word (ειροσ, πρεπε). Only here in N.T. Same idea in 1 Tim...
Titus 2:1. _But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:_ There are certain things which are suitable to go with sound doctrine; they are meet and fit and appropriate thereto. Titus 2:2. _...
CONTENTS: Pastoral work of a true minister. CHARACTERS: Christ, Paul, Titus. CONCLUSION: The ministers of Christ should discharge their duties with faithfulness, being careful to teach only such trut...
Titus 2:1. _But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine._ Just the reverse of those men of tongue, reciting fables, instead of giving the fair illustration of truth, which “when unadorned is...
TELL THE OLDER WOMEN. Holy living is the general rule for all! NOT BE SLANDERERS. Not sharp-tongued gossips and busybodies. OR SLAVES TO WINE. Compare 1 Corinthians 6:12-13; 1 Timothy 3:8. This is a g...
_The __AGED_ _WOMEN_ The dangers and duties of women I. Women have peculiar dangers according to their age. The older ones are tempted to seek the excitement of stimulants, or of slander; the younge...
TITUS—NOTE ON TITUS 2:1 Christian Living in Contrast to the False Teachers. Paul describes proper Christian living rooted in the gospel. This is in direct contrast to the behavior of the false teacher...
TITUS—NOTE ON TITUS 2:3 The instruction to OLDER WOMEN and YOUNG WOMEN is connected because part of the role of a Christian older woman is to TRAIN the younger women. The Greek word for “
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Titus 2:2. THAT THE AGED MEN BE SOBER.—As in 1 Timothy 3:2, the bishops and deacons. Properly the word “sober” here means not addicted to much wine; then it comes to b...
EXPOSITION TITUS 2:1 _Befit _for _become, _A.V.; _the sound _for _sound, _A.V. BUT SPEAK THOU, etc. The apostle now brings out, in full couldst with the vain talk of the heretical teachers, the solid...
Ver. 3. _In like manner the aged women, that they demean themselves as becomes holiness_ (lit. that in demeanour they be holy, beseeming, ἐν καταστήματι ἱεροπρεπεῖς). The expression καταστ. is of comp...
But he said to Titus, speak the things which become sound doctrine (Titus 2:1): Again, the emphasis and the exhortation is that of sound doctrine. Now, teach that the aged men (Titus 2:2), And this...
1 Peter 3:3; 1 Timothy 2:10; 1 Timothy 2:9; 1 Timothy 3:11; 1 Timot
Aged women [π ρ ε σ β υ τ ι δ α ς]. N. T. o. See on presbuterai, 1 Timothy 5:2. Behavior [κ α τ α σ τ η μ α τ ι]. N. T. o. See on katastolh apparel, 1 Timothy 2:9. It means, primarily, condition or st...
GRACE TEACHING HOW TO LIVE Titus 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Titus is one of the most practical in its message, of any of the Epistles. It is GRACE TEACHING US HOW TO LIVE. Titus 1:1; Titus...
THE BLESSED HOPE Titus 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Second Coming of Christ remains unto this hour as the Blessed Hope. It is the lamp that shineth in a dark place until the day dawns, and the daystar...
In behaviour — The particulars whereof follow. As becometh holiness — Literally, observing an holy decorum. Not slanderers — Or evil — speakers. Not given to much wine — If they use a little for their...
Instructions are here given for the aged women, as before for the aged men, that is, for all in general: and such aged women in particular as were deaconnesses, or servants to the church, that they, b...