Titus Chapter 2

INTRODUCTION:

(Deuteronomy 4:2 [KJV])
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

(Proverbs 30:5, 6 [KJV])
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

(Isaiah 28:10 [KJV])
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

(Isaiah 28:13 [KJV])
But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

(2 Peter 1:20 [KJV])
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

All of the studies found here, whether book studies or topical studies, are done with research with mainly two things: The KING JAMES BIBLE and a plain old, 1828 Webster's Dictionary. Why? Outside of actually studying secular and Jewish history, archaeology, one needs nothing more. You do not need foreign, dead languages that no one speaks, nor lexicons, nor concordances, nor commentaries, because they differ not only with one another and with the KING JAMES BIBLE, they create division, confusion, debate, and unbelief, apostasy, and a falling away from God Himself. We do not need them. That Word of God written and preserved for us in our own language is supposed to be enough, like the Old Testament was for the Jews, and as the New Testament was for the early Christians in Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, German, etc.

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There are studies within as tangents on words, subjects found within the two testaments, as to broaden the scope of the study, to learn more, deeper truths. This is not an intellectual site with PhDs, theologians, and no worldly wisdom.. Check everything out, everything. Not just here, but with everything you read and see and hear. Be Bereans:

(Acts 17:11 [KJV])
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

(1 Thessalonians 2:13 [KJV])
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

Always research for yourself, use all of the context, and never privately interpret!

Start of study

Titus Chapter 2: SERVANTHOOD STARTS WITH FAMILY, THEN AT WORK

(Titus 2:1 [KJV])
But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

Sober: Calm, serious, grave, rational and not emotional
Grave: As quiet, serious, etc. Not an adjective in the dictionary
Temperate: Moderated, moderate, self regulated, no swings in emotions, passions
Sound: Well founded, grounded, fet cemented into the foundation of the Word of God, soldly placed, immovable from that truth
In this case Scripturall sound loving, having faith, being faithful to God and man, and having patience, not short-tempered or, as we say, "short-fused"
Lovingly patient with all, waiting for things that take time, not flying off of the handle

SOBER, GRAVE, TEMPERATE, SOUND

SO'BER, a. [L. sobrius.]

Temperate in the use of spiritous liquors; habitually temperate; as a sober man. Live a sober, righteous and godly life.
Not intoxicated or overpowered by spiritous liquors; not drunken. The sot may at times be sober.
Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary or heated with passion; having the regular exercise of cool dispassionate reason. There was not a sober person to be had; all was tempestuous and blustering. Not sober man would put himself in danger, for the applause of escaping without breaking his neck.
Regular; calm; not under the influence of passion; as sober judgment; a man in his sober senses.
Serious; solemn; grave; as the sober livery of autumn. What parts gay France from sober Spain? see her sober over a sampler, or gay over a jointed baby.

TEM'PERATE, a. [L. temperatus.] Moderate; not excessive; as temperate heat; a temperate climate; temperate air.

Moderate in the indulgence of the appetites and passions; as temperate in eating and drinking; temperate in pleasures; temperate in speech. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.
Cool; calm; not marked with passion; not violent; as a temperate discourse or address; temperate language.
Proceeding from temperance; as temperate sleep.
Free from ardent passion. She is not hot, but temperate as the morn.

SOUND, a. [L. sanus.]

Entire; unbroken; not shaky, split or defective; as sound timber.
Undecayed; whole; perfect, or not defective; as sound fruit; a sound apple or melon.
Unbroken; not bruised or defective; not lacerated or decayed; as a sound limb.
Not carious; not decaying; as a sound tooth.
Not broken or decayed; not defective; as a sound ship.
Whole; entire; unhurt; unmutilated; as a sound body.
Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; having all the organs complete and in perfect action; as a sound body; sound health; a sound constitution; a sound man; a sound horse.
Founded in truth; firm; strong; valid; solid; that cannot be overthrown or refuted; as sound reasoning; a sound argument; a sound objection; sound doctrine; sound principles.

Right; correct; well founded; free form error; orthodox. II Tim 1. Let my heart be sound in thy statutes. Psa 119.
Heavy; laid on with force; as sound strokes; a sound beating.
Founded in right and law; legal; valid; not defective; that cannot be overthrown; as a sound title to land; sound justice.
Fast; profound; undisturbed; as sound sleep.
Perfect, as intellect; not broken or defective; not enfeebled by age or accident; not wild or wandering; not deranged; as a sound mind; a sound understanding or reason.

(Titus 2:3-5 [KJV])
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

"Likewise", as in "in the same way, after the same manner"
Using the godly women of God's Word, cover to cover, as an example, such as Sarah, Rebekah, Esther, Ruth, Mary, Mary Magdelene, Rachel, Hannah, the woman of Proverbs 31:10-31, etc.
Many points can be made from just these two verses, mostly ignored in America today, on purpose
Two studies for this site, incomplete, have been done on this: Marriage and Divorce and Women 'teachers' and women 'Pastors' in the "Church" in America
The ROLE of Women in the body of Christ is just that-a role. This was changed by women in this last days apostasy to mean "value", so that they could argue falsely that "women need to be equal", because, in their apostate minds, women who do what God wants are not valued enough by men and God, and they demand "equal rights", like that means anything (it does not), equal this, equal that, equal everything
What they actually mean and do nto say is, "We want marriage abolished as slavery, because we are BETTER, SMARTER, MOERE VALUABLE than all men, even than our husbands, so we really want MORE rights", and this is the very wording of the legislation which was never passed directly, just enacted and enforced over the last fifty to sixty years.
This kills marriages, and then murders a nation, and we are the perfect example of that happening the last 100 years

THE WOMAN'S ROLE IN THE HOME, CHURCH, WORLD

Behaving like godly women
Not falsely accusing their husbands, tgheir children, other women, etc.
Sober, in lack of drinking also this time, like the men of God
Teaching children and other younger women about the LORD, in their proper role
Teaching especially the younger women how to be good wives and mothers
Discrete: Paying close attention to the detail of their work, their purpose, possessing great wisdom
Chaste: Clean, wholesome, faithful in marriage, free from fornication,
Keepers at home, not CEOs of huge companies, commanding many men, women-OOPS! Yeah, he said that!
Good: Needs explanation? Opposite of bad, how's that?
Love their husbands? Where is that preached! All we hear is, "It says to submit to their husbands, and that the husbands are to love their wives as their own bodies, as Christ loves the church, so that is just wrong and evil!"
Love their children, and they might say, "OK, that one we can do!"

DISCREET, a. [L., Gr. It is sometimes written discrete; the distinction between discreet and discrete are arbitrary, but perhaps not entirely useless. The literal sense is, separate, reserved, wary, hence discerning.]

Prudent; wise in avoiding errors or evil, and in selecting the best means to accomplish a purpose; circumspect; cautious; wary; not rash. It is the discreet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave, who guides the conversation, and gives measures to society. Let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise. Gen 41.

CHASTE, a.

Pure from all unlawful commerce of sexes. Applied to persons before marriage, it signifies pure from all sexual commerce, undefiled; applied to married persons, true to the marriage bed.
Free from obscenity.
While they behold your chaste conversation. 1 Pet 3.
In language, pure; genuine; uncorrupt; free from barbarous words and phrases, and from quaint, affected, extravagant expressions.

The entire purpose is so that one can avoid anyone honestly saying, not falsely accusing, "YOU CALL YOURSELF A CHRISTIAN?!". Another stated purpose is that people will not take the LORD's Name in vain, mock God, because they are observing our behavior as husbands, their behavior as wives, married Christians, and God knows they will if we are not walking with him, and won't if they have no reason to, so there any accusations will be patently false. We should not make ourselves targets of scorn and mocking, because the world already does not need excuses to scorn and mock-they are already against God, since the fall in.

(Titus 2:6-8 [KJV])
Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.

Once again, "Likewise", as in "in the same way, after the same manner"
Sober minded, because men who are prideful can have a short fuse and rant wildly, when not getting their own way
Out of all of the other attributes, this one has to be repeated for young men, who will one day perhaps be raised up as leaders, pastors, elders, deacons, teachers
In ALL things, not most, and this pattern is a daily doing, consistently doing the right thing in the right way for the right motive
Doctrine, repeated here clean, (uncorrupt), serious and sober (gravity), true, faithful, real (sincere) speech, words out of our mouths, off of our tongues
The only way to get always sound speech is by knowing and memorizing God's Word, as in Psalm 119:11
When the world encounters a strong believer who they cannot influence much, then they can feel ashamed because they do not "have the goods" on you, cannot condemn you
It is not to say that they may not try; it is just that it will not stick, making it a false accusation

(Titus 2:9-10 [KJV])
Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

Then, as now, many Christian worldwide are slaves in many countries like all North African ones like Sudan, Nigeria, DRC, Somalia, etc., in Russia, China, both communist and Islamic countries, especially
They have their reward, the servants (good, eternal) and the ones who abuse them (evil reward, eternal)
God our Saviour, Jesus Christ our Saviour, another statement of Christ's Deity

(Titus 2:11 [KJV])
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

Here is Scriptural proof that all men ("hath appeared to all men") have knowledge of God in their hearts, like Paul said in Romans 1:19-20
They may not know the Gospel proper, but they have knowledge of God and His grace in their lives, which explain why many missionaries have encountered people who already knew of God who had never had outside visitors, influence, ever
God our Saviour, Jesus Christ our Saviour, another statement of Christ's Deity
The next verse clearly proclaims that God gave himself for us for our salvation

(Romans 1:19-20 [KJV])
Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

(Titus 2:14 [KJV])
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Freely gave Himself, not for Himself, but for our sake
Redeemed us, restored us to God, saved us from our sin(s), declared us righteous before God His Father andn ow ours, cleaned us, purified us
For this reason the world does not understand us, as strangers and pilgrims in this world

(Titus 2:15 [KJV])
These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

Tell them, exhort, urge them, persuade and convince them strongly, if they do not listen, rebuke them, because the Scriptures back you up
To the unbelieving, here is a contradiction because Titus is to warn, rebuke, exhort, etc. and now to to not let them hate him, do you see it?
The context of no man despising Titus is this:
Do not give them areason to despie thee, let them do it because they resist the truth, they hate authority, they have disdain for the LORD, they are envious of the ministry and want to take it over, be in charge, profit personally from it, or you are a foreigner to them
Regardless of that reason, that is on them
What is the difference in the first part and the second part of this verse?? One group will accept the Word of the LORD, another will openly despise Titus, persecute him, etc. because they do not want to hear it

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