Titus 2:3 Cross References - Godbey

³ likewise that the elderly women be reverent in demeanor, not tattlers, not given to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

² in order that you may receive her in the Lord, worthily of the saints, and that ye may assist her in whatsoever matters she may need you: for she has been a helper of many, and myself.

³ But all fornication, and uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be named among you, as it becomes saints;

⁹ likewise that the women adorn themselves in comely apparel, with modesty and prudence; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly garments; ¹⁰ but whatsoever becomes women professing godliness, through good works.

⁸ Likewise let the deacons be grave, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not fond of filthy lucre;

¹¹ Likewise let their wives be grave, not tattlers, modest, faithful in all things.

⁵ She who is truly a widow, and left alone, hopes in God, and abides in prayers and supplication night and day; ⁶ but she who is wanton is dead though living. ⁷ Indeed command these things, in order that they may be blameless. ⁸ But if any one provides not for his own, and especially those of his own house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. ⁹ Let a widow not be taken into account under three score years, the wife of one husband, ¹⁰ being witness in beautiful works; if she has brought up children, if she has entertained strangers, if she has washed the feet of saints, if she has succored those in tribulation, if she has followed in every good work.

²³ Keep yourself pure. No longer drink water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and on account of your frequent sickness.

⁷ For it behooves the bishop to be blameless, as the steward of God; not audacious, not irascible, not given to wine, not a controvertist, not fond of filthy lucre;

⁴ in order that they instruct the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

¹² For indeed you, who ought to be teachers so far as time is concerned, have need that some one again teach you what are the rudiments of the beginning of the oracles of God; and you have need of milk, not solid food.

³ whose beauty, let it not be the external beauty of braiding the hairs, and wearing golds, or putting on of outer garments; ⁴ but let their beauty be the hidden man of the heart, in the purity of the meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is perfection complete. ⁵ For in this way in olden times the holy wives, the ones having hope toward God, were indeed accustomed to beautify themselves, submissive to their own husbands:

²⁰ But I have it against you, that you suffer the woman Jezebel, who says herself to be a prophet, and teaches and deceives my servants to commit fornication, and to cat things sacrificed to idols.