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That the agedq men be νsober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

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Prov. 16:31• ³¹The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness. (Prov. 16:31)

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or, vigilant.

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Lev. 19:32• ³²Before the hoary head thou shalt rise up, and shalt honour the face of an old man; and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah. (Lev. 19:32)

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Job 12:12• ¹²With the aged is wisdom, and in length of days understanding. (Job 12:12)

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Psa. 92:14• ¹⁴They are still vigorous in old age, they are full of sap and green; (Psa. 92:14)

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Prov. 16:31• ³¹The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness. (Prov. 16:31)

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Isa. 65:20• ²⁰There shall be no more thenceforth an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not completed his days; for the youth shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed. (Isa. 65:20)

sober.

or, vigilant.

1 Cor. 15:34• ³⁴Awake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God: I speak to you as a matter of shame. (1 Cor. 15:34)

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1 Thess. 5:6,8• ⁶So then do not let us sleep as the rest do, but let us watch and be sober;
⁸but *we* being of the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as helmet the hope of salvation; (1 Thess. 5:6,8)

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1 Tim. 3:2,11• ²The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;
¹¹The women in like manner grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. (1 Tim. 3:2,11)

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1 Peter 1:13• ¹³Wherefore, having girded up the loins of your mind, be sober and hope with perfect stedfastness in the grace which will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; (1 Peter 1:13)

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1 Peter 4:7• ⁷But the end of all things is drawn nigh: be sober therefore, and be watchful unto prayers; (1 Peter 4:7)

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1 Peter 5:8• ⁸Be vigilant, watch. Your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walks about seeking whom he may devour. (1 Peter 5:8)

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1 Peter 5• (1 Peter 5)

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grave.

Titus 2:7• ⁷in all things affording thyself as a pattern of good works; in teaching uncorruptedness, gravity, (Titus 2:7)

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1 Tim. 3:4,8,11• ⁴conducting his own house well, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
⁸Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by base means,
¹¹The women in like manner grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. (1 Tim. 3:4,8,11)

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Phil. 4:8• ⁸For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are noble, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are amiable, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue and if any praise, think on these things. (Phil. 4:8)

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Phil. 4• (Phil. 4)

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temperate.

Titus 1:8• ⁸but hospitable, a lover of goodness, discreet, just, pious, temperate, (Titus 1:8)

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Acts 24:25• ²⁵And as he reasoned concerning righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment about to come, Felix, being filled with fear, answered, Go for the present, and when I get an opportunity I will send for thee; (Acts 24:25)

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1 Cor. 9:25• ²⁵But every one that contends for a prize is temperate in all things: *they* then indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown, but *we* an incorruptible. (1 Cor. 9:25)

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Gal. 5:23• ²³meekness, self-control: against such things there is no law. (Gal. 5:23)

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2 Peter 1:6• ⁶in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness, (2 Peter 1:6)

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Mark 5:15• ¹⁵And they come to Jesus, and they see the possessed of demons sitting and clothed and sensible, him that had had the legion: and they were afraid. (Mark 5:15)

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Luke 8:35• ³⁵And they went out to see what had happened, and came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting, clothed and sensible, at the feet of Jesus. And they were afraid. (Luke 8:35)

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Rom. 12:3• ³For I say, through the grace which has been given to me, to every one that is among you, not to have high thoughts above what he should think; but to think so as to be wise, as God has dealt to each a measure of faith. (Rom. 12:3)

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2 Cor. 5:13• ¹³For whether we are beside ourselves, it is to God; or are sober, it is for you. (2 Cor. 5:13)

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1 Peter 4:7• ⁷But the end of all things is drawn nigh: be sober therefore, and be watchful unto prayers; (1 Peter 4:7)

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1 Peter 4• (1 Peter 4)

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sound.

Titus 1:13• ¹³This testimony is true; for which cause rebuke them severely, that they may be sound in the faith, (Titus 1:13)

in patience.

1 Tim. 1:5• ⁵But the end of what is enjoined is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and unfeigned faith; (1 Tim. 1:5)

• Aged men should be "grave." It is not only that experience may be turned to the account of sobriety, but to an aged christian things around, things before, ought surely to be viewed with no levity but with seriousness, as we now look upon the things, not that are seen but, unseen and eternal. (“On Titus 2:1-2” by W. Kelly)

• As faith alone introduces into God's love toward us, so faith alone enables us to abound in the love of one another. (“On Titus 2:1-2” by W. Kelly)

• Evil, where the heart abides in faith and love, will not seldom give the opportunity of being above it. It may cause suffering; but in this there is fellowship with the Master. (“On Titus 2:1-2” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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that the elder men be sober, grave, discreetb, sound in faith, in love, in patiencec;

JND Translation Notes

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i e. "sober" or of "sound mind," as ch. 1.8; 2.5,6,12.

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Or "endurance," as Jas. 5.11; but see 2 Thess. 3.5; Rev. 1.9.

W. Kelly Translation

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that elder men be sober, grave, discreet, healthful in their faith, in their love, in their patience;