The Pastoral Epistles (1-2 Timothy, Titus) Gender Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter: Verse)

Quote #7

Likewise, tell the older women to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or slaves to drink; they are to teach what is good, so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be self-controlled, chaste, good managers of the household, kind, being submissive to their husbands, so that the word of God may not be discredited. (Titus 2:3-5, NRSV)

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. (Titus 2:3-5, KJV)

Some of this advice is the same for men and women: be Godly, don't drink, don't tell lies. But older women are also supposed to teach younger women how to behave through example. The main lesson? Be meek, mild, and submissive, and all will be well.