Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled.
CHAPTER 2 Titus 2:1-5 1. But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: 1. Tu autem loquere quae decet sanam doctrinam 2. That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. 2. senes ut sobrii sint pudici prudentes sani fide dilectione patientia 3.
Commenting on Titus 2:1-15
Here is the third thing in the matter of the epistle. In the chapter foregoing, the apostle had directed Titus about matters of government, and to set in order the things that were wanting in the churches. Now here he exhorts him, I. Generally, to a faithful discharge of his own office.
Commenting on Titus 2:1-10
Sound speech that cannot be condemned,.... In the public ministry, the wholesome words of our Lord Jesus should be used, and the doctrines of the Gospel be expressed, as near as can be, in the words which the Holy Ghost teacheth, and not in the enticing words of man's wisdom; such speech or language should be chosen, that is plain, easy, and acceptable, and conveys...