Tit 2:2, 7 | 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).

Titus 2:7

7. In—with respect to all things.

thyself a pattern—though but a young man thyself. All teaching is useless unless the teacher's example confirm his word.

in doctrine—in thy ministerial teaching (showing) uncorruptness, that is, untainted purity of motive on thy part (compare 2Co 11:3), so as to be "a pattern" to all. As "gravity," &c., refers to Titus himself, so "uncorruptness"; though, doubtless, uncorruptness of the doctrine will be sure to follow as a consequence of the Christian minister being of simple, uncorrupt integrity himself.

gravity—dignified seriousness in setting forth the truth.

sincerity—omitted in the oldest manuscripts.