Tit 2:2 | JFB | STEP | 2. sober —Translated "vigilant," as sober men alone can be ( ). But "sober" here answers to "not given to wine," . grave —"dignified"; behaving with reverent propriety. temperate —"self-restrained"; "discreet" [ALFORD ], ( ). faith . . . charity [love] . . . patience —combined in . "Faith, hope, charity" ( ). "Patience," Greek, "enduring perseverance," is the attendant on, and is supported by, "hope" ( ). It is the grace which especially becomes old men, being the fruit of ripened experience derived from trials overcome ( ).

Titus 2:2

2. sober—Translated "vigilant," as sober men alone can be (1Ti 3:2). But "sober" here answers to "not given to wine," Tit 2:3; Tit 1:7.

grave—"dignified"; behaving with reverent propriety.

temperate—"self-restrained"; "discreet" [ALFORD], (Tit 1:8; 1Ti 2:9).

faith . . . charity [love] . . . patience—combined in 1Ti 6:11. "Faith, hope, charity" (1Co 13:13). "Patience," Greek, "enduring perseverance," is the attendant on, and is supported by, "hope" (1Co 13:7; 1Th 1:3). It is the grace which especially becomes old men, being the fruit of ripened experience derived from trials overcome (Ro 5:3).