Tit 2:3 | JFB | STEP | 3. behaviour-- "deportment." as becometh holiness-- "as becometh women consecrated to God" [Wahl]: being by our Christian calling priestesses unto God ( ; ). "Observant of sacred decorum" [Bengel]. not false accusers-- not slanderers: a besetting sin of some elderly women. given to much wine-- the besetting sin of the Cretans ( ). Literally, "enslaved to much wine." Addiction to wine is slavery ( ; ). teachers-- in private: not in public ( ; , ); influencing for good the younger women by precept and example.

‏ Titus 2:3

3. behaviour--"deportment."

as becometh holiness--"as becometh women consecrated to God" [Wahl]: being by our Christian calling priestesses unto God (Ep 5:3; 1Ti 2:10). "Observant of sacred decorum" [Bengel].

not false accusers--not slanderers: a besetting sin of some elderly women.

given to much wine--the besetting sin of the Cretans (Tit 1:12). Literally, "enslaved to much wine." Addiction to wine is slavery (Ro 6:16; 2Pe 2:19).

teachers--in private: not in public (1Co 14:34; 1Ti 2:11, 12); influencing for good the younger women by precept and example.