Titus 2:1
BUT do thou speak the things which become the sound teaching;
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
In Context
2that aged men be sober, grave, discreet, sound in the faith, in love, in patience;
Cross References
1 Timothy 6:3If any one teaches otherwise, and assents not to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the teaching which is according to godliness,
Titus 1:9holding fast the faithful word according to the teaching, that he may be able with the sound teaching both to exhort, and to refute the gainsayers.
Titus 3:8Faithful is the saying; and concerning these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they who have believed God may be careful to take the lead in good works. These things are good and profitable to men.
Matthew Henry on Titus 2:1
The apostle here directs Titus about the faithful discharge of his own office generally ( ver. 1 ), and particularly as to several sorts of persons ( ver. 2-10 ) and gives the grounds of these and of other following directions ( ver. 11-14 ), with a summary direction in the close, ver. 15 . Read the whole commentary →