Titus 2:2 - Forerunner Commentary

Titus 2:2

Qualities of a Sound Church

1 But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine:

2 that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

3 the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things—

4 that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

5 to be discreet, chaste, ^ahomemakers, good, ^bobedient to their own husbands, ^cthat the word of God may not be blasphemed.

6 Likewise, exhort the young men to be sober-minded,

7 in all things showing yourself to be ^aa pattern of good works; in doctrine showing integrity, reverence, ^bincorruptibility,

8 sound speech that cannot be condemned, that one who is an opponent may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of¹ you.

9 Exhort ^abondservants to be obedient to their own masters, to be well pleasing in all things, not answering back,

Verse Comparison: Titus 2:2

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American Standard Version
that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience:

Amplified® Bible
Urge the older men to be temperate, venerable (serious), sensible, self-controlled, and sound in the faith, in the love, and in the steadfastness {and} patience [of Christ].

Contemporary English Version
Tell the older men to have self-control and to be serious and sensible. Their faith, love, and patience must never fail.

Darby English Version
that the elder men be sober, grave, discreet, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

Good News Bible
Instruct the older men to be sober, sensible, and self-controlled; to be sound in their faith, love, and endurance.

International Standard Version
Older men are to be sober, serious, sensible, and sound in faithfulness, love, and endurance.

King James Version
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

New American Standard Bible
Older men are to be temperate, dignified, sensible, sound in faith, in love, in perseverance.

New International Version
Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.

New King James Version
that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Older men need to show temperance, dignity, sensibility, soundness in faith, in love, in perseverance.

Young's Literal Translation
aged men to be temperate, grave, sober, sound in the faith, in the love, in the endurance;

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