Darby's translation notes (1890)
Titus 2:4
2:4 admonish (d-4) To impart and enforce by will, counsel, and rebuke, rules of conduct, &c.
2:4 admonish (d-4) To impart and enforce by will, counsel, and rebuke, rules of conduct, &c.
Verse 4. _THAT THEY MAY TEACH THE YOUNG WOMEN TO BE SOBER_] That it was natural for the young to imitate the old will be readily allowed; it was therefore necessary that the old should be an example...
THAT THEY MAY TEACH THE YOUNG WOMEN TO BE SOBER - Margin, “wise” - a word similar to that which in Titus 2:2 is rendered “temperate,” and in 1 Timothy 3:2, “sober.” The meaning is, that they should in...
II. THINGS WHICH BECOME SOUND DOCTRINE CHAPTER 2 _ 1. Adorning the doctrine of our Saviour-God (Titus 2:1)_ 2. The grace of God and its work (Titus 2:11) Titus 2:1 “But speak thou the things which...
TEACHING ON CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOUR. (_a) Titus 2:1_. DUTY OF DIFFERENT CLASSES. In contrast with the errorists-' irrefevances, Titus must continually inculcate right conduct. This is defined for (_a)_ o...
THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER (Titus 2:1-10) (1) The Senior Men (Titus 2:1-2)...
In the same way you must charge the older women to be in demeanour such as befits those who are engaged in sacred things. You must charge them not to spread slanderous stories, not to be enslaved by o...
THAT. In order that. Greek. _hina_. TEACH... TO BE SOBER. Greek. _sophroniao_. Only here. Op. Titus 2:6; Titus 2:12; 1 Timothy 2:9. YOUNG WOMEN. Feminine of Greek. _neos_. See...
The standard of holy living for young women 4. _that they may teach the young_women _to be sober_ A.V. -teach to be sober" (i.e. pure) gives the full meaning of the verb, but not its grammatical force...
1–10. TITUS’ POSITIVE TEACHING, AS REGARDS VARIOUS CLASSES OF PERSONS...
ΣΩΦΡΟΝΊΖΟΥΣΙΝ. This is the reading adopted by Tischendorf and Tregelles, and it is supported by the strong combination א*AGHP. We have printed it in the text, in accordance with the rules laid down fo...
ΣΩΦΡΟΝΊΖΩΣΙΝ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΣΩΦΡΟΝΊΖΩ (G4994) учить кого-л. самоконтролю, воспитывать кого-л. (Lock, 148f; TDNT; TLNT; Quinn, 304-15; особ. 314-15). _Conj._ с ΪΝ (G2443) выражает цель, ΝΈΑΣ _...
3. YOUNGER WOMEN Titus 2:4-5. _TEXT 2:4, 5_ 4 that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjec...
(5)That they may teach the young women—The Older women are to teach the younger women both in word and in example. Paul now directs Titus in the way that older women are to instruct younger women: to...
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, TEACH ... TO BE SOBER, [ soofronizoosin (G4994)] - 'self-restrained,' 'discreet:' Titus 2:2, "temperat...
1 Paul writes this letter in the character of a slave. This shows that the epistle deals with service. He adds the title apostle, to give weight to his injunctions. 2 Eonian life, usually called "eve...
TEACH] RV 'train,' a much better word....
VARIOUS INSTRUCTIONS FOR CHRISTIAN LIFE AND DOCTRINE 1-15. 'In giving sound doctrine, to offset false teaching, put the first emphasis on the need of character, because Christ is our reward, and very...
A GUIDE FOR CHRISTIAN LEADERS TITUS _HILDA BRIGHT AND HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 2 WHAT TITUS HAD TO TEACH V1 But you, Titus, must teach the things that are true. V2 Teach the older men that they sho...
Paul did not tell Titus to teach the young women. The older women had to teach them. The older women had a lot of experience and wisdom. They had learned how to be good wives and mothers. So, they cou...
THAT THEY MAY TEACH THE YOUNG WOMEN TO BE SOBER. — Better rendered, simply, _that they may teach_ (or _school_)_ the young women,_ omitting the words “to be sober.” In Ephesus the representative of th...
CHAPTER 21 THE MEANING AND VALUE OF SOBER-MINDEDNESS-THE USE AND ABUSE OF RELIGIOUS EMOTION. - Titus 2:1 Is marked contrast to the seducing teachers who are described in the concluding verses of the...
In the face of this immoral teaching, do you constantly impress the moral duties of the Gospel on your people of every age and class. There is an ideal of conduct appropriate to old men and old women...
σωφρονίζουσιν. The only other examples of ἵνα with a pres. indic. in Paul are 1 Corinthians 4:6 (φυσιοῦσθε) and Galatians 4:17 (ζηλοῦτε). These may be cases of an unusual formation of the subj., both...
A PATTERN FOR OLD AND YOUNG Titus 2:1 The supreme test of all Christian teaching and Christian work depends on whether they produce healthy characters, which are not contaminated by the noisome and...
The apostle then proceeded to show what the behavior of aged men, aged women, and young men in the Church should be. In connection with the behavior of bond-servants Paul employed what is perhaps the...
SOUND DOCTRINE FOR THE AGED The word "sound" here literally conveys the idea of healthy (Titus 2:1). Unfortunately, many people are not interested in sound teaching (1 Timothy 1:8-11; 2 Timothy 4:3-4)...
_Love their husbands. This is the first lesson he wishes to be given to young women; that they should always manifest a love, an attachment, respect and obedience to their husbands. But it must be a c...
(1) В¶ But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: (2) That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. (3) The aged women likewise, that they be in be...
The epistle to Titus has much in common with those to Timothy, as all must observe; not only as being addressed to a fellow-servant, and indeed a son in the faith, but in general similarity of charact...
4._That they may teach young women temperance _That they may be more attentive to duty, he shows that it is not enough if their own life be decent, if they do not also train _young women, _by their in...
"Sound doctrine" takes account of all this, and, in its warnings and exhortations, maintains all these proprieties. This is the instruction which the apostle here gives to Titus, with regard to aged m...
THAT THEY MAY TEACH THE YOUNG WOMEN TO BE SOBER,.... Or to be chaste, modest, and temperate; or to be wise and prudent in their conduct to their husbands, and in the management of family affairs, who...
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, Ver. 4. _To be sober_] Or wise, teaching them as schoolmasters do their disciples; so the word σωφρονι...
_The aged women likewise_ All of them in general, and not merely such as were employed by the church in teaching the young of their own sex the doctrines and precepts of Christianity; _that they be in...
THAT THEY MAY TEACH THE YOUNG WOMEN TO BE SOBER, TO LOVE THEIR HUSBANDS, TO LOVE THEIR CHILDREN,...
ADMONITIONS CONCERNING VARIOUS STATIONS. Titus 2:1 The manner of dealing with older members:...
In contrast to the vanity of others, as in the previous verses, Titus has pressed upon him his personal responsibility: "But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine." "Sound" has the force o...
SOBER: Or, wise...
1-8 Old disciples of Christ must behave in every thing agreeably to the Christian doctrine. That the aged men be sober; not thinking that the decays of nature will justify any excess; but seeking com...
THAT THEY MAY TEACH THE YOUNG WOMEN TO BE SOBER: young women, especially conversing amongst heathens, are prone to be light and airy, and over frolicsome, following the heat of their youthful temper,...
Titus 2:4 that G2443 admonish G1511 (G5750) G4994 (G5725) women G3501 husbands G5362 children G5388 the -...
Titus 2:4. To avoid reproach, Titus' exhortations to younger females are to pass through the elder women. TEACH, better ‘school,' so to discipline as to bring one to practical wisdom. The virtues in...
THAT THEY MAY TRAIN (ινα σωφρονιζωσιν). Purpose clause, ινα and present active subjunctive of σωφρονιζω, old verb (from σωφρων, sound in mind, σαοσ, φρην, as in this verse), to make sane, to restor...
Titus 2:1. _But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:_ There are certain things which are suitable to go with sound doctrine; they are meet and fit and appropriate thereto. Titus 2:2. _...
CONTENTS: Pastoral work of a true minister. CHARACTERS: Christ, Paul, Titus. CONCLUSION: The ministers of Christ should discharge their duties with faithfulness, being careful to teach only such trut...
Titus 2:1. _But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine._ Just the reverse of those men of tongue, reciting fables, instead of giving the fair illustration of truth, which “when unadorned is...
TO LOVE THEIR HUSBANDS. Some think this points to newly married women. These might be more in danger of despising the physical side of marriage (see notes on 1 Corinthians 7:2-5). Men and women are no...
_The __AGED_ _WOMEN_ The dangers and duties of women I. Women have peculiar dangers according to their age. The older ones are tempted to seek the excitement of stimulants, or of slander; the younge...
TITUS—NOTE ON TITUS 2:1 Christian Living in Contrast to the False Teachers. Paul describes proper Christian living rooted in the gospel. This is in direct contrast to the behavior of the false teacher...
TITUS—NOTE ON TITUS 2:3 The instruction to OLDER WOMEN and YOUNG WOMEN is connected because part of the role of a Christian older woman is to TRAIN the younger women. The Greek word for “
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Titus 2:4. THAT THEY MAY TEACH.—R.V. “may train.” The word almost suggests that there was a certain amount of levity amongst the younger wives inconsistent with a pro...
EXPOSITION TITUS 2:1 _Befit _for _become, _A.V.; _the sound _for _sound, _A.V. BUT SPEAK THOU, etc. The apostle now brings out, in full couldst with the vain talk of the heretical teachers, the solid...
Vers. 4, 5. The apostle goes on to specify what more especially should be taught by the elderly female members of the church to the younger sisterhood, not intending thereby to supersede instructions...
But he said to Titus, speak the things which become sound doctrine (Titus 2:1): Again, the emphasis and the exhortation is that of sound doctrine. Now, teach that the aged men (Titus 2:2), And this...
1 Timothy 5:11; 1 Timothy 5:14; 1 Timothy 5:2; Titus 2:2...
They may teach [σ ω φ ρ ο ν ι ζ ω σ ι]. Better, school or train. N. T. o. o LXX The verb means to make sane or sober - minded; to recall a person to his senses; hence, to moderate, chasten, discipline...
GRACE TEACHING HOW TO LIVE Titus 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Titus is one of the most practical in its message, of any of the Epistles. It is GRACE TEACHING US HOW TO LIVE. Titus 1:1; Titus...
THE BLESSED HOPE Titus 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Second Coming of Christ remains unto this hour as the Blessed Hope. It is the lamp that shineth in a dark place until the day dawns, and the daystar...
That they instruct the young women — These Timothy was to instruct himself; Titus, by the elder women. To love their husbands, their children — With a tender, temperate, holy, wise affection. O how ha...