Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
sober—Translated "vigilant," as sober men alone can be (I Timothy 3:2). But "sober" here answers to "not given to wine," Titus 2:3; Titus 1:7.
grave—"dignified"; behaving with reverent propriety.
temperate—"self-restrained"; "discreet" [ALFORD], (Titus 1:8; I Timothy 2:9).
faith . . . charity [love] . . . patience—combined in I Timothy 6:11. "Faith, hope, charity" (I Corinthians 13:13). "Patience," Greek, "enduring perseverance," is the attendant on, and is supported by, "hope" (I Corinthians 13:7; I Thessalonians 1:3). It is the grace which especially becomes old men, being the fruit of ripened experience derived from trials overcome (Romans 5:3).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Titus 2:2:
1 Timothy 1:10
1 Timothy 2:2
Titus 2:1
Titus 2:4
Titus 2:11
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