Titus 2:2

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in perseverance:”

— WEB

“That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.”

— KJV

“that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience:”

— ASV

Cross-references

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Galatians 5:23 "gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law."
1 Peter 4:7 "But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer."
1 Timothy 3:11 "Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things."
1 Peter 5:8 "Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour."
1 Thessalonians 5:8 "But let us, since we belong to the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation."
Proverbs 16:31 "Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness."
Titus 1:13 "This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,"
1 Timothy 3:2 "The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;"

Commentary

sober--Translated "vigilant," as sober men alone can be (Ti1 3:2). But "sober" here answers to "not given to wine," Tit 2:3; Tit 1:7. grave--"dignified"; behaving with reverent propriety. temperate--"self-restrained"; "discreet" [ALFORD], (Tit 1:8; Ti1 2:9). faith . . . charity [love] . . . patience--combined in Ti1 6:11. "Faith, hope, charity" (Co1 13:13). "Patience," Greek, "enduring perseverance," is the attendant on, and is supported by, "hope" (Co1 13:7; Th1 1:3). It is the grace which especially becomes old men, being the fruit of ripened experience derived from trials overcome (Rom 5:3).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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