Titus 2

Titus · Chapter 2

Titus 2:7

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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VerseKJVBSBASV
7In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,in all things showing thyself an ensample of good works; in thy doctrine showing uncorruptness, gravity,

In context

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Titus must himself be a pattern of good works in everything. In his teaching he must show integrity and seriousness. His life and his teaching are to match. 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, and all the believers who would watch Titus's example. Titus 2:6Titus 2:7

Paul turns from the groups Titus teaches to Titus himself. He is to be what he teaches, in deeds and in doctrine. Titus 2:6Titus 2:7Titus 2:8

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

HereTitus is to show himself "a pattern of good works" and, in doctrine, "uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity." Paul gives the aim in 2:8: that an opponent "may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you." Titus 2:7Titus 2:8

In the whole of ScripturePaul gave Timothy the same charge: "be thou an example of the believers" (1 Timothy 4:12). Peter tells elders to be "ensamples to the flock" (1 Peter 5:3), and Paul himself did not handle "the word of God deceitfully" (2 Corinthians 4:2). 1 Timothy 4:121 Peter 5:32 Corinthians 4:2

For readersPeople learn from what leaders do as much as from what they say. Teaching carries weight when the teacher lives it. Titus 2:71 Timothy 4:12

  • a patternτύπος
    Greek · tupos · G5179

    The word first meant the mark of a blow, then an impression or pattern, an example to copy. Strong's G5179

  • worksἔργον
    Greek · ergon · G2041

    The word means work, deed or task. Here Titus is to be a pattern of good works. Strong's G2041Titus 2:7

  • uncorruptnessἀδιαφθορία
    Greek · adiaphthoria · G0090

    The word means incorruption, uprightness. Titus's teaching must be free of corruption. Strong's G0090

  • gravityσεμνότης
    Greek · semnotēs · G4587

    The word means gravity, seriousness. It is also used in 1 Timothy 2:2 and 3:4. Strong's G4587

Takeaway

Titus was to be a pattern of good works and teach with integrity and seriousness. A teacher's life is part of the lesson. Titus 2:71 Timothy 4:121 Peter 5:3

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Original Greek words

EnglishGreekSay itStrong'sMeaning
InπερὶperiG4012
about

περί (peri) περί, prep. with genitive, accusative (in cl. also with dative; cf. M, Pr., 105f.), with radical sense round about (as distinct from ἀμφί, on both sides). I. C. genitive, 1. of place, about (poët.). …

all thingsπάνταpantaG3956
all

πᾶς (pas) πᾶς, πᾶσα, πᾶν, genitive, παντός, πάσης, παντός, [in LXX chiefly for כֹּל ;] all, every. I. As adj., 1. with subst. anarth., all, every, of every kind: Mat.3:10 4:23, Mrk.9:49, Luk.4:37, Jhn.2:1o, Act.27:20, Rom.7:8, Rev.18:17, al. mult.; pl., all, Act.22:15, Rom.5:12, Heb.1:6, al.; of the highest degree, π. ἐξουσία (προθυμία, χαρά), Mat.28:18, Act.17:11, Phi 2:29, al.; also the whole (though in this sense more frequently with art.), Mat.2:3, Act.2:36, Rom.11:26. …

yourselfσεαυτὸνseautonG4771
you

σέ (se) αὐτός, -ή, -ό, determinative pron., in late Gk. much more frequently than in cl. (WM, 178f.; Jannaris, HGG, §1399). 1. Emphatic (so always in nom. exc. when preceded by the art., see infr., iii); (1) self (ipse), expressing opposition, distinction, exclusion, etc., αὐ. ἐκχυθήσεται, Luk.5:37; αὐ. ἐγινώσκεν, Jhn.2:25; αὐ.ὑμεῖς, Jhn.3:28; καὶ αὐ. ἐγώ, Rom.15:14; αὐ. Ἰησοῦς, Jhn.2:24; αὐ. καὶ οἱ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ, Mrk.2:25; ὑμεῖς αὐ., Mrk.6:31; esp. (as freq in cl.) αὐ. ὁ, Mat.3:4, Mrk.6:17, Jhn.16:27, 1Th.3:11, al.; in late Gk., sometimes weakened, ἐν αὐτῇ τ. ὥρᾳ, in that hour, Luk.10:21 (M, Pr., 91; …

be holding forthπαρεχόμενοςparechomenosG3930
to furnish occasion

παρέχω (parechō) παρ-έχω [in LXX: Psa.30:7 (עָמַד hi.), etc. ;] I. Active voice., 1. to furnish, provide, supply; with ref. to incorporeal things, to afford, show, give, cause: with accusative, Act.22:2, 1Ti.1:4; with accusative and dative, Mat.26:10, Mrk.14:6, Luk.11:7 18:5, Act.16:16 17:31 28:2, Gal.6:17, 1Ti.6:17. 2. to present, offer: with accusative and dative, Luk.6:29; with prop. reflex. and accusative pred., to show or present oneself (see infr., and cf. B1., § 55, 1). II. Middle voice., 1. to supply, furnish or display of one's own part: with accusative and dative, Luk.7:4, Act.19:24, Col.4:1. …

[as] a patternτύπονtuponG5179
mark/example

τύπος (tupos) τύπος, -ου, ὁ (τύπτω), [in LXX: Exo.25:39 (40) (תַּבְנִית), Amo.5:26, 3Ma.3:30, 4Ma.6:19 * ;] 1. the mark of a blow: τῶν ἥλων, Jhn.20:25. 2. An impression, impress, the stamp made by a die; hence, a figure, image: Act.7:43 (LXX). 3. form (Plat.): Rom.6:17; the sense or substance of a letter (3Mac, l.with), Act.23:25. 4. an example, pattern: Act.7:44, Heb.8:6" (LXX) ; in ethical sense, Php.3:17, 1Th.1:7, 2Th.3:9, 1Ti.4:12, Tit.2:7, 1Pe.5:3; in doctrinal sense, type (see ICC, in l), Rom.5:14.† τυπικῶς, adv. (τύπος), (a) typically (Greg. Naz.) (b) by way of example: 1Co.10:11.† …

of goodκαλῶνkalōnG2570G
good

καλλίον (kallion) καλλίων, -ον compar. of καλός, see: καλῶς καλῶς adv. (καλός), [in LXX for parts and derivatives of יָטַב ;] finely, rightly, well: Luk.6:48, 1Co.14:17, Gal.4:17 5:7, Jas.2:3; λέγειν, λαλεῖν, etc., Mat.15:7, Mrk.7:6 12:28, Luk.6:26 20:39, Jhn.4:17 8:48 13:13 18:23, Act.28:25; as exclamation of approval, Mrk.12:32, Rom.11:20; κ. ποιεῖν, Mat.12:12, 1Co.7:37-38 Jas.2:8, 19; with dative of person(s) (cl. accusative; WM, § 32, 1 β), Luk.6:27; with accusative of thing(s), Mrk.7:37; with ptcp., Act.10:33 (M, Pr., 131), Php.4:14, 2Pe.1:19, 3Jn.6; προϊστάναι (-ασθαι), 1Ti.3:4 3:12 5:17; διακονεῖν, 1 …

works,ἔργων,ergōnG2041
work

ἔργον (ergon) ἔργον, -ου, τό (originally Ϝέργον, work), [very frequently in LXX, chiefly for מַשֶׂה, מְלָאכָה, also for עֲבֹדָה, פֹּעַל, etc. ;] 1. work, task, employment: Mrk.13:34, Jhn.4:34 17:4, Act.13:2, Php.1:22 2:30, 1Th.5:13, al.; of an enterprise or undertaking (Deu.15:10, Wis.2:12), Act.5:38. …

inἐνenG1722
in/on/among

ἐν (en) ἐν, prep, (the most frequently of all in NT), with dative (= Heb. בְּ, Lat. in, with abl.). I. Of place, with dative of thing(s), of person(s), in, within, on, at, by, among: ἐν τ. πόλει, Luk.7:37; τ. οφθαλμῷ, Mat.7:3; τ. κοιλίᾳ, Mat.12:40; τ. ὄρει, 2Pe.1:18; τ. θρόνῳ, Rev.3:21; τ. δεξιᾷ τ. θεοῦ, Rom.8:34; ἐν ἡμῖν Abbott-Smith has ὑμῖν., Luk.1:1; of books, ἐν τ. βιβλίῳ, Gal.3:10; τ. νόμῳ, Mat.12:5, al.; ἐν τοῖς τ. Πατρός, in my Father's house (RV; cf. M, Pr., 103), Luk.2:49; trop., of the region of thought or feeling, ἐν τ. καρδίᾳ (-αις), Mat.5:28, 2Co.4:6, al.; τ. συνειδήσεσιν, 2Co.5:11; af …

teachingδιδασκαλίᾳdidaskaliaG1319
teaching

διδασκαλία (didaskalia) διδασκαλία, -ας, ἡ (διδάσκω), [in LXX: Pro.2:17 (אַלּוּף), Isa.29:13 (לָמַד), Sir.24:33 39:8 * ;] teaching, instruction, in both active and objective senses, most frequently the latter: Rom.12:7 15:4, Eph.4:14, 1Ti.4:6, 13, 16 5:17 6:1, 3, 2Ti.3:10 3:16, Tit.2:7, 10; ὑγιαινοῦσα δ., 1Ti.1:10, 2Ti.4:3, Tit.1:9 2:1; pl., δ. τ. ἀνθρώπων, Col.2:22; δ. δαιμονίων, 1Ti.4:1, δ. διδάσκειν, Mat.15:9, Mrk.7:7" (LXX) (Cremer, 182).† SYN.: διδαχή (AS)

unspoilableἀδιαφθορίανadiaphthorianG0090
unspoilable

ἀδιαφθορία (adiaphthoria) incorruption, uprightness , (New Testament) (ML)

incorruptable,ἀφθορίαν,aphthorianG0861
incorruptibility

ἀφθαρσία (aphtharsia) ἀφθαρσία, -ας, ἡ (ἄφθαρτος), [in LXX: Wis.2:23 6:19, 4Ma.9:22 4Mac 17:12 * ;] incorruptibility, immortality: Rom.2:7, 1Co.15:42 15:50 15:53-54, 2Ti.1:10; ἀγαπώντων . . . ἐν ἀ., Eph.6:24 (see AR, in l).† ἀ-φθορία, -ας, ἡ (φθείρω), [in LXX: Hag.2:17 (שְׁדֵפָה)* ;] uncorruptness: Tit.2:7 (Rec. ἀφθορία).† (AS)

dignityσεμνότητα,semnotētaG4587
dignity

σεμνότης (semnotēs) σεμνότης, -ητος, ἡ (σεμνός), [in LXX: 2Ma.3:12 * ;] gravity: 1Ti.2:2 3:4 (Vg. eastitas, cf. Soph., Lex., and Zorell, see word), Tit.2:7.† (AS)

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