SOBRIETY
• 2 min. read • grade level: 7
(Clear thinking)
Commanded
The gospel designed to teach
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; (Titus 2:1212Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; (Titus 2:12))
With watchfulness
With prayer
Required in
God's servants
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; (1 Timothy 3:2-32A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; (1 Timothy 3:2‑3))
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; (Titus 1:88But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; (Titus 1:8))
Wives of servants of God
Aged men
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. (Titus 2:22That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. (Titus 2:2))
Young men
Young women
All saints
Women should exhibit in dress
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; (1 Timothy 2:99In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; (1 Timothy 2:9))
We should estimate our character and talents with
We should live in
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; (Titus 2:1212Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; (Titus 2:12))
Motive for
See TEMPERANCE
See DRUNKENNESS