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Titus 2:3 — King James Version← Study notes

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;


Titus 2:3Greek Interlinear

Greek · Titus 2:312 words
GreekMeaning
ΠρεσβύτιδαςPresbytidas
the aged womennounG4247
ὡσαύτωςhōsautōs
likewiseadverbG5615
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
καταστήματιkatastēmati
behaviornounG2688
ἱεροπρεπεῖςhieroprepeis
reverentadjectiveG2412
μὴ
notadverbG3361
διαβόλουςdiabolous
slanderersadjectiveG1228
μηδὲmēde
neither, nor (yet), (no) not (onceadverbG3366
οἴνῳoinō
to winenounG3631
πολλῷpollō
muchadjectiveG4183
δεδουλωμέναςdedoulōmenas
enslavedverbG1402
καλοδιδασκάλουςkalodidaskalous
teachers of what is goodadjectiveG2567
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Titus 2:3

There are some failings which age has, that youth has not. Some indeed it has in common with youth, but in addition it has a slowness, a timidity, a forgetfulness, an insensibility, and an irritability. For this reason he exhorts old men concerning these matters, “to be vigilant.” For there are many things which at this period make men otherwise than vigilant, especially what I mentioned, their general insensibility, and the difficulty of stirring or exciting them. Wherefore…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 4 on Titus
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