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Titus 2:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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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• (Prov. 16:31)

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or, vigilant.

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Lev. 19:32• (Lev. 19:32)

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Job 12:12• (Job 12:12)

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Psa. 92:14• (Psa. 92:14)

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Prov. 16:31• (Prov. 16:31)

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Isa. 65:20• (Isa. 65:20)

sober.

or, vigilant.

1 Cor. 15:34• ³⁴Wake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God: I speak unto your shame. (1 Cor. 15:34)

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

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1 Tim. 3:2,11• ²The overseer therefore must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, temperate, sober, orderly, hospitable, apt to teach,
¹¹Women likewise [must be] grave, not slanderers, temperate, 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, being sober, hope perfectly for the grace that is to be brought to you at Jesus Christ's revelation; (1 Peter 1:13)

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1 Peter 4:7• ⁷But the end of all things hath drawn nigh. Be discreet therefore and watch 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 walketh 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 showing thyself a pattern of good works, in the teaching uncorruptness, gravity, (Titus 2:7)

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1 Tim. 3:4,8,11• ⁴one that ruleth well his own house, having children in subjection with all gravity,
⁸Deacons likewise [must be] grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of base gain,
¹¹Women likewise [must be] grave, not slanderers, temperate, 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 noble, whatsoever just, whatsoever pure, whatsoever lovely, whatsoever of good report, if there [is] any virtue, and if any praise, these things consider. (Phil. 4:8)

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Phil. 4• (Phil. 4)

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temperate.

Titus 1:8• ⁸but hospitable, a lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, temperate, (Titus 1:8)

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Acts 24:25• ²⁵And as he reasoned concerning righteousness and temperance and the judgment to come, Felix became terrified and answered, For the present go, and when I get a convenient season, I will send for thee, (Acts 24:25)

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1 Cor. 9:25• ²⁵And every one that contendeth is temperate in all things: they indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. (1 Cor. 9:25)

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Gal. 5:23• ²³against such things there is no law. (Gal. 5:23)

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

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Mark 5:15• ¹⁵And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed by demons and had had the legion sitting [and] clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. (Mark 5:15)

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

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Rom. 12:3• ³For through the grace of God that is given to me, I say to everyone that is among you not to be high-minded above what he ought to be minded, but to be minded to sober-mindedness as God to each hath dealt a measure of faith. (Rom. 12:3)

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2 Cor. 5:13• ¹³For whether we were 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 hath drawn nigh. Be discreet therefore and watch 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 sharply, that they may be healthful in the faith, (Titus 1:13)

in patience.

1 Tim. 1:5• ⁵Now the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned; (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;