they teach these younger women. With this in mind, one may translate “so that they are able to train the younger women …” The word translated train is literally “to make of sound mind” and means to instruct or train someone to behave wisely and properly. Young women translates the feminine form of the word “new” but which has the meaning of “young” when used of age. For further discussion see 1 Tim 5:2 and 5:11. What follows are seven qualities, some of which are quite similar to those mentioned
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