3. behaviour —"deportment." as becometh holiness —"as becometh women consecrated to God" [WAHL]: being by our Christian calling priestesses unto God ( Ephesians 5:3 ; 1 Timothy 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 ( 1 Timothy 2:10- : ). Literally, "enslaved to much wine." Addiction to wine is slavery ( Romans 6:16 ; 2 Peter 2:19 ). teachers —in private: not in public ( 1 Corinthians 14:34 ; 1 Timothy 2:11 ; 1 Timothy 2:12 ); influencing for good the younger women by precept and example. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-4" class="com-number"
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