Titus 2:3

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 Timothy 2:9 has an almost exclusive reference to dress. Demeanour (R.V.) is better than behaviour (A.V.), which has a wide reference to conduct, in all respects and on all occasions. Deportment, which includes a slight reference to dress, would be the best rendering, only that the word has become depreciated.

ἱεροπρεπεῖς perhaps = ὃ πρέπει γυναιξὶν ἐπαγγελλομέναις θεοσέβειαν (1 Timothy 2:10); but in itself the word does not guarantee more than the appearance of reverence. Wetstein gives, among other illustrations, one from Josephus (Ant. xi. 8, 5), describing how Jaddua, the high priest, went out in procession from Jerusalem to meet Alexander the Great, ἱεροπρεπῆ καὶ διαφέρουσαν τῶν ἄλλων ἐθνῶν ποιούμενος τὴν ὑπάντησιν.

μὴ διαβόλους : See on 1 Timothy 3:11, and 2 Timothy 3:3.

δεδουλωμένας : The A.V., not given to much wine, makes no difference between this and προσέχοντας, which is the verb in the corresponding phrase, in the list of moral qualifications of deacons, 1 Timothy 3:8. It is proved by experience that the reclamation of a woman drunkard is almost impossible. The best parallel to this use of δουλόω is 2 Peter 2:19, ᾧ γάρ τις ἥττηται, τούτῳ δεδούλωται. Cf. also the other reff.

καλοδιδασκάλους : Not only “by discourse at home,” as Chrys. explains, but by example.