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Likewise, exhort the younger men to be sober-minded;
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The Core Command: Self-Control
Commentators agree that the single command for young men—"to be sober-minded"—is brief yet comprehensive. Scholars define this as cultivating self-control, temperance, prudence, and being guided by reason rather than impulse. This quality directly counters the youthful tendency toward being impetuous, eager, and thoughtless.
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Titus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Young men likewise exhort to be sober-minded. Marg., discreet. On the meaning of the Greek word used here (swfronein,) <…
The younger men (τους νεωτερους). Just one item, besides "likewise" (οσαυτως as in 3; 1 Timothy 2,9), "to be sobermind…
19th Century
Anglican
Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. The task of influencing the young men belongs especially to Titus. Among th…
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Baptist
Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. (Titus 2:6)
They are full of spirits, they are very sanguine, they are ap…
The requirement for the young men is brief but comprehensive: self-control. As a young man, Titus must fittingly convey his instructions for the yo…
16th Century
Protestant
Exhort likewise younger men (Titus 2:6). He merely urges that young men be instructed to be temperate; for temperance…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded . ] Temperate, chaste, modest, moderate, wise, and prudent in all things: th…
Older disciples of Christ must behave in everything according to Christian doctrine. That the aged men be sober; not thinking that the fra…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Above, the Apostle instructed Titus on what sort of ministers to appoint to hinder heretics; here he teaches him what to do.
First…
