3Guide older women into lives of reverence so they end up as neither gossips nor drunks, but models of goodness.c
4By looking at them, the younger women will know how to love their husbands and children,d
5be virtuous and pure, keep a good house, be good wives. We don''t want anyone looking down on God''s Message because of their behavior.e
Titus 2 is the doctrinal and ethical heart of Paul’s letter to his young protégé on Crete. Paul commands Titus to teach what “accords with sound doctrine” — not abstract theology, but a way of life that makes the gospel visible. The chapter moves through specific instructions for
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