How does Titus 2:3 connect with Proverbs 31 regarding women's roles? Titus 2:3 — God’s Portrait of Seasoned Womanhood “Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or enslaved to much wine. Instead, they are to teach what is good.” Shared Threads with Proverbs 31 • Both passages spotlight character before activity. • Proverbs 31 paints the ideal woman; Titus 2:3 shows how older women embody that ideal and pass it on. • Each text assumes that godly influence flows from inner virtue to outward service. Key Character Qualities Compared 1. Reverence (Titus 2:3) ⇢ “She fears the LORD” (Proverbs 31:30). 2. Guarded speech — “not slanderers” (Titus 2:3) ⇢ “She opens her mouth with wisdom; loving instruction is on her tongue” (Proverbs 31:26). 3. Self-control — “not enslaved to much wine” (Titus 2:3) ⇢ “She watches over the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness” (Proverbs 31:27). 4. Teaching what is good (Titus 2:3) ⇢ “She reaches out to the poor… she provides food for her household” (Proverbs 31:15, 20). Her life itself is a curriculum. The Mentoring Mandate • Titus 2:3–5 turns Proverbs 31 into a multigenerational project: mature women train younger ones “so that the word of God will not be maligned.” • This bridges private virtue and public testimony (cf. Matthew 5:16; 1 Peter 3:1–2). Practical Outworking Today • Cultivate reverence by daily worship and Scripture intake (Psalm 1:2). • Guard the tongue—replace gossip with intercession (Ephesians 4:29). • Practice temperance—steward appetites so nothing but Christ rules the heart (1 Corinthians 6:12). • Teach what is good—invite younger women into life’s rhythms: budgeting, hospitality, marriage, motherhood, service (Deuteronomy 6:6–7). Why It Matters When older women live Titus 2:3, they embody Proverbs 31 in real time, ensuring that the beauty of God-designed womanhood is seen, learned, and loved in each generation. |
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