提多书 2:3

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

照樣，勸年老的婦女要生活敬虔，不說讒言，不被酒奴役，用善道教導人，

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
又 劝 老 年 妇 人 ， 举 止 行 动 要 恭 敬 ， 不 说 谗 言 ， 不 给 酒 作 奴 仆 ， 用 善 道 教 训 人 ，

Contextual Overview

¹ But you must tell everyone what to do to follow the true teaching. ² Teach older men to be self-controlled, serious, wise, strong in faith, in love, and in patience. ³ In the same way, teach older women to be holy in their behavior, not speaking against others or enslaved to too much wine, but teaching what is good. ⁴ Then they can teach the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, ⁵ to be wise and pure, to be good workers at home, to be kind, and to yield to their husbands. Then no one will be able to criticize the teaching God gave us. ⁶ In the same way, encourage young men to be wise. ⁷ In every way be an example of doing good deeds. When you teach, do it with honesty and seriousness. ⁸ Speak the truth so that you cannot be criticized. Then those who are against you will be ashamed because there is nothing bad to say about us. ⁹ Slaves should yield to their own masters at all times, trying to please them and not arguing with them. ¹⁰ They should not steal from them but should show their masters they can be fully trusted so that in everything they do they will make the teaching of God our Savior attractive.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

as: Romans 16:2, Ephesians 5:3, 1 Timothy 2:9, 1 Timothy 2:10, 1 Timothy 3:11, 1 Timothy 5:5-10, 1 Peter 3:3-5

holiness: or holy women

false accusers: or, makebates, 1 Timothy 3:8, 1 Timothy 3:11

not given: Titus 1:7

teachers: Titus 2:4, Hebrews 5:12, Revelation 2:20

Reciprocal: Leviticus 19:16 - talebearer Psalms 50:20 - slanderest Psalms 101:5 - Whoso Luke 3:14 - accuse John 6:70 - a devil Romans 15:14 - able 1 Corinthians 7:35 - comely Ephesians 4:31 - evil speaking 1 Timothy 3:3 - Not given to wine 1 Timothy 5:23 - General 2 Timothy 3:3 - false accusers James 4:11 - Speak 1 Peter 2:1 - all evil 1 Peter 3:1 - ye 1 Peter 3:5 - the holy Revelation 12:10 - the accuser

Cross-References

Genesis 2:2
By the seventh day God finished the work he had been doing, so he rested from all his work.

Genesis 2:3
God blessed the seventh day and made it a holy day, because on that day he rested from all the work he had done in creating the world.

Genesis 2:4
This is the story of the creation of the sky and the earth. When the Lord God first made the earth and the sky,

Genesis 2:7
Then the Lord God took dust from the ground and formed a man from it. He breathed the breath of life into the man's nose, and the man became a living person.

Genesis 2:8
Then the Lord God planted a garden in the east, in a place called Eden, and put the man he had formed into it.

Genesis 2:10
A river flowed through Eden and watered the garden. From there the river branched out to become four rivers.

Genesis 2:11
The first river, named Pishon, flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Genesis 2:12
The gold of that land is excellent. Bdellium and onyx are also found there.

Genesis 2:13
The second river, named Gihon, flows around the whole land of Cush.

Genesis 2:14
The third river, named Tigris, flows out of Assyria toward the east. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 widows, and had some care of the poor; or presbyteresses, as some call them, the wives of presbyters or elders, as being distinct from deaconesses; but godly women in years, who are to be instructed and exhorted:

that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness; or "holy women", sanctified by the Spirit of God; and who are priestesses unto God, as the word may signify, being made so by Christ unto the Father, as men are made kings and priests by him; such ought to be in their clothing, and in their speech, and in the whole of their conduct and conversation, as become the character which they bear, and the profession they make:

not false accusers; of the brethren, and sisters, which is to act the part of the devil; and indeed, the same word is here used which is commonly given to him; not raising false reports of, bringing false charges against members of churches, and so making differences and divisions among them.

Not given to much wine; or serving it, or being enslaved by it, which is very scandalous in any, especially in the female sex, and yet was what was too common in the eastern countries.

Teachers of good things; both by example and by instruction, but in their own houses privately; for they were not suffered to teach publicly, or to speak in the church; these should be teachers, not of old wives' fables, of superstitious customs, rites, and ceremonies, of the intrigues of love, and of things filthy and obscene, which are too often handed down to posterity by such persons; but of things that are solid and substantial, useful and improving, honest and honourable, chaste and pure. Particularly,

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 elsewhere in the New Testament. It means appropriate to a sacred place or person, or becoming to religion. Their conduct should be such as the gospel requires.

Not false accusers - - Margin, “make-bates.” Greek, διαβόλους diabolous - the word commonly applied to the devil - “as the accuser.” See it explained in the notes at 1 Timothy 3:11, where it is rendered slanderers.

Not given to much wine - Notes, 1 Timothy 3:0.

Teachers of good things - That is instructing the younger - whether their own children, or whether they sustain the office of deaconness, and are appointed to give instruction to younger females; compare the notes at 1 Timothy 5:2-6.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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, and general deportment, such as their holy calling requires; that they be not like the world, but like the Church, decent without, and adorned with holiness within.

Not false accusers — Μη διαβολους. Not devils; we have had the same expression applied in the same way, 1 Timothy 3:11, where see the note.

Not given to much wine — Μη οινῳ πολλῳ δεδουλωμενας·. Not enslaved by much wine, not habitual drunkards or tipplers; habit is a species of slavery. Both among the Greeks and Romans old women were generally reputed to be fond of much wine; hence the ancient scholiast on Homer, II. vi., speaking of old women, says: Χαιρει τῳ οινῳ ἡ ἡλικια αυτη·. At this age they delight in wine; which words Ovid seems to have translated literally: Vinosior aetas haec erat. It is likely, therefore, that it was customary among the elderly women, both Greeks and Romans, to drink much wine, and because it was inconsistent with that moderation, which the Gospel requires, the apostle forbids it: doubtless it was not considered criminal among them, because it was a common practice; and we know that the Greek philosophers and physicians, who denied wine to young persons, judged it to be necessary for the aged. 1 Timothy 5:23.