Titus 2:1

But Titus, you have to teach people the properly good things, so they will live the right way.

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But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:

In Context

2You have to teach the older men to control themselves. They have to do good things so that people will respect them. They have to keep on believing in Jesus strongly. They have to love other people. And, if they get trouble, they have to never give up following Jesus.

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Cross References

1 Timothy 6:3Some people teach things that are wrong. They teach things that are different from the good things that our leader, Jesus Christ, taught. He taught things that help people live in a way that makes God happy.

Titus 1:9And they have to keep on believing God’s message about Jesus, the message that we told you. That will help a leader teach true and right things to the people. And then that will help the people to believe in Jesus more strongly. Some people say, “That message isn’t true.” But it is true, and a good leader can show those people that they are wrong.

Titus 3:8That is all very true. I want you to teach those things strongly. I want you to be sure that people understand those things. Then the people that believe God’s message will think more about doing good things. And those good things will help everyone.

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 →

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