Titus 2:3 (DBY)

Passage

that the elder women in like manner be in deportment as becoming those who have to say to sacred things, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is right;

Nearby Context

Titus 2:1 But do *thou* speak the things that become sound teaching;

Titus 2:2 that the elder men be sober, grave, discreet, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

Titus 2:3 that the elder women in like manner be in deportment as becoming those who have to say to sacred things, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is right;

Titus 2:4 that they may admonish the young women to be attached to [their] husbands, to be attached to [their] children,

Titus 2:5 discreet, chaste, diligent in home work, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "elder", "women", "like", "manner", "deportment", "becoming", "sacred", and "things". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "elder" and "women", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "that the elder men be sober grave..." into verse 4's "that they may admonish the young women...", so "elder" and "women" belong inside that flow. In Titus context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "elder" and "women" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.