Titus 2:3
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
Cross-reference
In Titus 2:4, this verse directly continues the instruction — older women are to train younger women, specifying how they teach what is good.
In Titus 1:7, overseers are warned against being drunkards — the same vice as 'slaves to much wine' here — showing consistent moral standards for church leaders.
In 1 Timothy 3:8, similar prohibitions appear for deacons: not double-tongued (slanderous) and not addicted to wine, mirroring the same warnings for older women.
1 Timothy 3:11 says women must be dignified, not slanderers, sober-minded—directly parallel to Titus 2:3's 'not malicious gossips' and self-control.
1 Peter 2:1 urges rid of slander — parallel to the instruction for older women to avoid slander in Titus 2:3.
Ephesians 4:31 commands to get rid of slander — directly paralleling the 'not slanderers' instruction in Titus 2:3.
James 4:11 explicitly commands not to slander one another — same prohibition as 'not to be slanderers' in Titus 2:3.
1 Timothy 3:3 warns against drunkenness for overseers — same warning against addiction to wine found in Titus 2:3 for older women.
Leviticus 19:16 directly forbids slander among God's people — the same prohibition applied to older women in the church.
2 Timothy 3:3 lists slanderous people in the last days — mirroring the 'not slanderers' command in Titus 2:3.
Revelation 12:10 identifies Satan as 'the accuser' – the same Greek word (diabolos) used for slanderers in Titus 2:3, revealing the spiritual root of that sin.
1 Timothy 5:5-10 lists qualifications for widows (prayer, good works), which aligns with Titus 2:3's picture of older women as teachers of good—similar expectations.
1 Timothy 2:10 emphasizes good works as proper for women professing godliness, echoing Titus 2:3's charge for older women to be 'teachers of what is good.'
Romans 15:14 says believers are competent to instruct one another — paralleling the older women's role to 'teach what is good' in Titus 2:3.
1 Peter 3:3-4 urges inner beauty over outward adornment, paralleling Titus 2:3's call for reverent behavior—both focus on women's character, not appearance.
Revelation 2:20 condemns a woman who falsely teaches and seduces — a contrasting example to the positive teaching role of older women here.
Luke 3:14 warns soldiers against false accusation (slander) — a parallel ethical instruction to the older women's prohibition of slander.