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Titus 2:2

The Pulpit Commentary on Titus 2:2

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Aged for the aged, A.V.; temperate for sober, A.V.; sober-minded for temperate, A.V.; love for charity, A.V. Temperate ( νηφάλιος); as , (where see note). Grave ( σεμνούς); as , (see too ; ).

Sober-minded ( σώφρονας); as , note. Sound ( ὑγιαίνοντας); see , note, and , where, as here, the word is applied to persons, as it is in its literal sense in .

Faith … love … patience. We have the same triad in . In we find "faith, hope, love." In the apostle joins "work of faith, labor of love," and "patience of hope," which last phrase seems almost to identify patience and hope (cutup.

too ; ). We must not miss the important warning, not only to have some kind of faith, love, and patience, but to be healthy and vigorous in our faith, love, and patience. There is a puny faith, a sickly love.

and a misdirected patience.

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