They were filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity, they are gossips,
Titus 2:3 - Revised Standard Version Bid the older women likewise to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or slaves to drink; they are to teach what is good, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Bid the older women similarly to be reverent and devout in their deportment as becomes those engaged in sacred service, not slanderers or slaves to drink. They are to give good counsel and be teachers of what is right and noble, American Standard Version (1901) that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; Common English Bible Likewise, tell the older women to be reverent in their behavior, teaching what is good, rather than being gossips or addicted to heavy drinking. Catholic Public Domain Version Old women, similarly, should be in holy attire, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teaching well, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The aged women, in like manner, in holy attire, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teaching well: |
They were filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity, they are gossips,
that you may receive her in the Lord as befits the saints, and help her in whatever she may require from you, for she has been a helper of many and of myself as well.
But fornication and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is fitting among saints.
The women likewise must be serious, no slanderers, but temperate, faithful in all things.
Deacons likewise must be serious, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for gain;
No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.
For a bishop, as God's steward, must be blameless; he must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,
For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need some one to teach you again the first principles of God's word. You need milk, not solid food;
But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and beguiling my servants to practice immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.