Tit 2:6, 15 | Barnes | STEP | Verse 6. Young men likewise exhort to be sober-minded . Marg., discreet . On the meaning of the Greek word used here (σωφρονειν,) ; . The idea is, that they should be entreated to be prudent, discreet, serious in their deportment; to get the mastery over their passions and appetites; to control the propensities to which youth are subject; and that there should be such self-government, under the influence of religion, as to avoid excess in everything. A well-governed mind, superior to the indulgence of those passions to which the young are prone, will express the meaning of the word here. They should be "steady in their behaviour, superior to sensual temptations, and constant in the exercise of every part of self-government." Doddridge . The reasons for this are obvious. (1.) The hopes of the church depend much on them. (2.) A young man who cannot govern himself, gives little promise of being useful or happy. (3.) Indulgence in the propensities to which young men are prone, will, sooner or later, bring ruin to the body and the soul. (4.) They are just at the period of life when they are exposed to peculiar temptations, and when they need to exercise a peculiar guardianship over their own conduct. (5.) Like others, they may soon die; and they should be habitually in such a frame of mind, as to be prepared to stand before God. A young man who feels that he may be soon in the eternal world, cannot but be sensible of the propriety of having a serious mind, and of living and acting as in the immediate presence of his Maker and Judge. (1) "sober" "discreet"

Titus 2:6

Verse 6. Young men likewise exhort to be sober-minded. Marg., discreet. On the meaning of the Greek word used here (σωφρονειν,) Tit 2:2; Tit 2:4. The idea is, that they should be entreated to be prudent, discreet, serious in their deportment; to get the mastery over their passions and appetites; to control the propensities to which youth are subject; and that there should be such self-government, under the influence of religion, as to avoid excess in everything. A well-governed mind, superior to the indulgence of those passions to which the young are prone, will express the meaning of the word here. They should be "steady in their behaviour, superior to sensual temptations, and constant in the exercise of every part of self-government." Doddridge. The reasons for this are obvious.

(1.) The hopes of the church depend much on them.

(2.) A young man who cannot govern himself, gives little promise of being useful or happy.

(3.) Indulgence in the propensities to which young men are prone, will, sooner or later, bring ruin to the body and the soul.

(4.) They are just at the period of life when they are exposed to peculiar temptations, and when they need to exercise a peculiar guardianship over their own conduct.

(5.) Like others, they may soon die; and they should be habitually in such a frame of mind, as to be prepared to stand before God. A young man who feels that he may be soon in the eternal world, cannot but be sensible of the propriety of having a serious mind, and of living and acting as in the immediate presence of his Maker and Judge.

(1) "sober" "discreet"

Titus 2:15

Verse 15. These things speak and exhort. 1Timm 6:2.

And rebuke with all authority. 1Timm 5:1, 1Timm 5:20; 2Ti 4:2. The word authority here means command επιταγη. 1Cor 7:6, 25, 2Cor 8:8, 1Timm 1:1, Tit 1:3. The sense here is, he was to do it decidedly, without ambiguity, without compromise, and without keeping any thing back. He was to state these things not as being advice or counsel, but as the requirement of God.

Let no man despise thee. That is, conduct yourself, as you may easily do, so as to command universal respect as a minister of God. 1Timm 4:12.

(l) "Let no man" 1Timm 4:12.