Titus 2

Titus 2:11-15

The apostle here directs Titus about the faithful discharge of his own office, generally, ver. 1. and particularly, as is several parts of persons, ver. 2—10. and gives the grounds of these and of other following directions, ver. 11—14. with a summary direction in the class, ver. 15.

1. BUT speak thou the things which become found doctrine: 2. That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, found in faith, in charity, in patience: 3. The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh beliners, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; 4. That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children. 5. To be discreet, chaffe, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. 6. Young men likewise exhort to be § sober-minded.

2. 1—6. The apostle proceeds to direct Titus in the faithful discharge of his office. But, in contradiction to these deceivers, speak thou the things which become found doctrine, the whiststone truths of God’s life-giving word, dividing it alright to every man, according to their age, station, and circumstances.

3. That the aged men, as their years as well as profession especially demand from them, be sober, or vigilant, circumspect in their conduct; grave, in habit, mutants, conversation, that they may engage the reverence of their younger brethren; temperate and prudent, having their passions and appetites in subjection; found in the faith, in doctrine and practice; in charity enlarged; in patience exemplary, bearing the provocations of others with treetines, and not fretful under their own infirmities. Such old disciples are noble ornaments to their Christian profession.

4. The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh beliners, in clerks, convertations, and deportments; not false accusers, not slandering and defaming any, nor towing discord among brethren; not given to much wine, drunkenness, or the love of liquor, being in women doubly odious and hateful; teachers of good things, by their example and discourse inculcating on their daughters every thing which may adorn the Christian name.

5. What the aged must teach, the younger women should learn of them, to be sober, avoiding every appearance of wantonness, excess, or levity; to love their husbands, cleaving to them in warm affection; to love their children, training them up from infancy in the nurture and admonition of the Lord; to be discreet in the management of their families; chaffe, chewing the most unfeigned modesty and purity of manners; keepers at home, and