Tit 2:3 | JFB | e4.org | 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 (Eph 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.