{"id":3633,"date":"2015-03-14T08:55:41","date_gmt":"2015-03-14T14:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=3633"},"modified":"2023-05-03T06:56:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T12:56:29","slug":"titus-21-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=3633","title":{"rendered":"Titus 2:1-5"},"content":{"rendered":"

1 But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine:<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

2\u00a0<\/sup>that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience;<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

3\u00a0<\/sup>the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things \u2014<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

4\u00a0<\/sup>that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

5\u00a0<\/sup>to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

But (v.1) \u2014 setting sound doctrine in contrast to the false teaching of the Judaizers (Titus 1:12-16<\/span><\/a>).<\/h3>\n

as for you (v.1) \u2014 the Greek indicates “you in contradistinction to those just mentioned”<\/h3>\n

proper (v.1) = conspicuously fit, seemly<\/h3>\n

sound (v.1) = healthy, whole<\/h3>\n

sober (v.2) = lit. “not drunken” \u2014 watchful, free from credulity, not excitable<\/h3>\n

temperate (v.2) = of sound mind, self-controlled<\/h3>\n

faith (v.2) = the<\/span> faith, doctrine<\/h3>\n

love (v.2) = the<\/span> love \u2014 agape<\/em> \u2014 the love produced in the believer by the Holy Spirit<\/h3>\n

patience (v.2) = lit. “remaining under” \u2014 accepting God’s planning and leading without disputing or resisting<\/h3>\n

reverent (v.3) \u2014 befitting things sacred to God<\/h3>\n

behavior (v.3) = deportment, demeanor \u2014 dress, conduct and conversation<\/h3>\n

slanderers (v.3) \u2014 given to finding fault<\/h3>\n

not given to much wine (v.3) = a slave of much wine, a drunkard<\/h3>\n

teachers (v.3) \u2014 not referring to public instruction but wise counsel<\/h3>\n

admonish (v.4) = train, discipline, moderate, recall to their senses<\/h3>\n

discreet (v.5) \u2014 the same as “temperate” in v.2<\/h3>\n

chaste (v.5) = pure from carnality, modest<\/h3>\n

homemakers (v.5) \u2014 fulfilling the duties of the home<\/h3>\n

good (v.5) = agathos<\/em> = beneficial, kind<\/h3>\n

obedient (v.5) = a military term for arranging soldiers in subjection<\/h3>\n

blasphemed (v.5) \u2014 bad conduct by those who profess to believe God’s word will cause unbelievers to revile it and speak reproachfully about them<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1 But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine: 2\u00a0that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience; 3\u00a0the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-titus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3633"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7764,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3633\/revisions\/7764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}