Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good,Titus 2:3 NASB Teaching– In the ancient world, older people were treasured for their insight and wisdom. After all, they had lived through more than the young. We’ve turned that notion upside down. In modern civilization, social evolution…
namely, if any man is above reproach, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of dissipation or rebellion. Titus 1:6 NASB Man – Can women be elders? The Church in general struggled with this. It read the indefinite, masculine pronoun, tis, in the context of “husband of one wife,” as though…
For this reason I left you in Crete, that you would set in order what remains and appoint elders in every city as I directed you, Titus 1:5 NASB Appoint – There’s a lot of confusion concerning Paul’s instruction to Titus about elders. Maybe we can clear up some of it. First, let’s remember that…
shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness; nor yet as lording it over those allotted to your charge, but proving to be examples to the flock. 1 Peter 5:2-3 NASB Shepherd – Aorist, active,…
