Titus 2

Titus · Chapter 2

Titus 2:6

1But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:2That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.3The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;4That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,5To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.6Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.7In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,8Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.9Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;10Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.11For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.15These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

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6Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.In the same way, urge the younger men to be self-controlled.the younger men likewise exhort to be sober-minded:

In context

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Titus is to urge the younger men, in the same way, to be sober-minded. One short command covers them: self-control. Paul then turns to Titus himself as their example (2:7). Titus 2:6Titus 2:7

SpeakingPaul, who calls himself "a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ." Titus overview

ToTitus, Paul's "own son after the common faith," whom Paul had left in Crete to set the churches in order. Titus overview

Also involvedThe younger men in the churches of Crete. Titus 2:6

After the aged men, the aged women and the young women, Paul comes to the young men. They are to be "sober minded." Titus 2:2Titus 2:3Titus 2:4Titus 2:6

Titus was in Crete, a large Mediterranean island with churches "in every city." The letter does not say where Paul was, but he planned to winter at Nicopolis. Titus overview

The eventsTitus was to teach this in Crete. The verse gives no date. Titus overview

WrittenTraditional: about AD 63-65, after Paul's release from his first Roman imprisonment. Scholarly: many hold that a follower wrote the letter in Paul's name about AD 80-100; others accept that Paul wrote it. Titus overview

HerePaul names one thing for Titus to urge on the young men: to be sober minded. Titus himself is to be "a pattern of good works" (2:7). Titus 2:6Titus 2:7

In the whole of ScriptureScripture often speaks to the young: "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth" (Ecclesiastes 12:1). John writes to young men "because ye have overcome the wicked one" (1 John 2:13), and Peter calls the younger to humility (1 Peter 5:5). Ecclesiastes 12:11 John 2:131 Peter 5:5

For readersYoung believers are called to a sound, self-controlled mind. Scripture also says, "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth" (Ecclesiastes 12:1). Titus 2:6Ecclesiastes 12:1

  • exhortπαρακαλέω
    Greek · parakaleō · G3870

    The word means to call to one's side, and so to urge or encourage. Strong's G3870

  • sober mindedσωφρονέω
    Greek · sōphroneō · G4993

    The word means to be of sound mind, in one's right mind, as in Mark 5:15, and so self-controlled. Strong's G4993

Takeaway

Younger men are to be urged to be sober minded. Paul asks a sound, self-controlled life of every group in the church, old and young (2:2-6). Titus 2:6Titus 2:2Titus 2:5

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Original Greek words

EnglishGreekSay itStrong'sMeaning
younger [men]νεωτέρουςneōterousG3501
new

νέος (neos) νέος, -α, -ον [in LXX for נַעַר (Gen.37:2, Exo_33:11, al.), חָדָשׁ (Lev.23:16, Num.28:26, al.), etc.; compar. -ώτερος for קָטָן, צָעִיר, etc. ;] 1. young, youthful: Tit.2:4. 2. new (prop., in respect of time; see: καινός): οἶνος (cf. οἶ. καινός, Mat.26:20), Mat.9:17, Mrk.2:22, Luk.5:37-39; φύραμα (figuratively), 1Co.5:7; διαθήκη (cf. καινὴ δ., Heb.9:15), Heb.12:24; metaphorically, ἄνθρωπος (cf. καινὸς ἀ, Eph.2:15), Col.3:10. …

likewiseὡσαύτωςhōsautōsG5615
likewise

ὡσαύτως (hōsautōs) ὡσαύτως adv., strengthened for ὡς (in Hom, at the beginning of a clause, in the form ὣς δ᾽ αὔτως, later in one word), in like manner, just so, likewise: Mat.20:5 21:30, 36 25:17, Mrk.14:31, Luk.13:5 20:31, Rom.8:26, 1Ti.5:25, Tit.2:6; with verb to be supplied from context, Mrk.12:21, Luk.22:20, 1Co.11:25, 1Ti.2:9 3:8 3:11, Tit.2:3.† (AS)

do exhortπαρακάλειparakaleiG3870
to plead/comfort

παρακαλέω (parakaleō) παρακαλέω, -ῶ, [in LXX chiefly for נחם ni., pi. ;] 1. to call to one, call for, summon: Act.28:20 (R, mg.; R, txt., entreat); hence (of the gods: Dem., Xen., al.), to invoke, call on, beseech, entreat: τ. πατέρα μου, Mat.26:53; τ. κύριον, 2Co.12:8; in late writers (Polyb., Diod., al.; rarely in LXX; in π., see Deiss., LAE, 176.14), also of men: absol., Phm 9; with accusative, Mat.8:5, Mrk.1:40, Act.16:9, al.; with inf., Mrk.5:17, Luk.8:41, Act.8:31, al.; before ἵνα (see M, Pr., 205, 208), Mt 14"36, Mrk.5:18, Luk.8:31, al. …

to be self-controlled,σωφρονεῖν,sōphroneinG4993
be of sound mind

σωφρονέω (sōphroneō) σωφρονέω, -ῶ (σώφρων), (a) to be of sound mind or in one's right mind: Mrk.5:15, Luk.8:35; opposite to ἐκστῆναι, 2Co.5:13 (Hdt.); (b) to be temperate, discreet, self-controlled (opposite to μαίνεσθαι, ὑβρίζειν, etc.; sch., Thuc., al.): Tit.2:6; opposite to ὑπερφρονεῖν, Rom.12:3; σ. καὶ νήφειν, 1Pe.4:7.† (AS)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.