Instructions for Women
Paul makes sure to tell Titus how to guide and teach not only the men, but the women as well. Truly, it is a way to set followers of Christ apart from those who do not and believe that they should do whatever they want with their lives and bodies. In verses 3-5 Paul writes, "Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled." This puts older women as mentors to younger women. This puts older women as walking, living breathing examples of a Christ following woman who is not slandering others or getting drunk. Paul wants the older women teach the younger ones to love their husbands and children. I know many say that the Bible is a misogynistic piece of writing, but I don't see that the way others do.
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Continue With the Learning
Paul makes a great point in 2 Timothy 3:14. He says to Timothy "But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it." In verses 10-13, Paul is commending Timothy for following his example as a mentor and then tells him that Christ followers will be persecuted and that evil people will continue doing what they do being deceived and deceiving others. I think that is (while it is very specific to Timothy) great encouragement to continue in the faith while others will not and try to persuade you not to. I know far too many people who have a problem with me having the faith that I have in an "invisible God." They lack faith and do not understand Jesus's life as I do. But I will continue in my learning of who God is, who Christ is and who I am with the holy spirit.
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