1 Timothy 3:11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. Hannah More had a good way of managing tale-bearers. It is said that whenever she was told anything derogatory of another, her invariable reply was, "Come, we will go and ask if this is true." The effect was sometimes ludicrously painful. The tale-bearer was taken aback, stammered out a qualification, or begged that no notice might be taken of the statement. But the good lady was inexorable; off she took the scandalmonger to the scandalised, to make inquiry and compare accounts. It is not very likely that anybody ever a second time ventured to repeat a gossipy story to Hannah More. Milton being asked if he intended to teach his daughters languages, replied, "No, one tongue is enough for a woman!" (E. J. Hardy, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.WEB: Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. |
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