Titus 2:8

An wholesome word, and unreprovable (or unreproachable); that he that is of the contrary side, be ashamed, having none evil thing to say of you.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7In all things give thyself ensample of good works, in teaching, in wholeness [or in holiness of living], that is, in cleanness of soul and body, in firmness [of virtues].

9Admonish thou servants to be subject to their lords; in all things pleasing, not gainsaying, (or not speaking back to them, or not speaking against them),

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Cross References

Nehemiah 5:9And I said to them, It is not (a) good thing, that ye do; why go ye not in the dread of our God, and reproof be not said to us of heathen men, our enemies? (And I said to them, It is not good what ye have done; why do ye not go in the fear of our God? and then rebuke would not be said to us by our enemies, the heathen.)

Mark 12:17And Jesus answered and said to them, Then yield ye to the emperor those things that be the emperor’s [or Therefore yield ye to Caesar those things that be of Caesar]; and to God those things that be of God. And they wondered of him (or And they wondered about him).

Mark 12:32And the scribe said to him, Master, (or Teacher), in truth thou hast well said; for one God is (or for there is but one God), and there is none other, except him;

Luke 13:17And when he said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed, and all the people joyed in all (the) things, that were gloriously done of him (or that were wonderfully done by him).

2 Thessalonians 3:14(So) That if any man obey not to our word [sent] by (this) epistle, mark ye him, and commune ye not with him, (so) that he be ashamed;

1 Timothy 6:3If any man teach otherwise, and accordeth not to the wholesome words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to that teaching that is by piety,

Matthew Henry on Titus 2:2-11

Relative Duties. ( a. d. 66.) 1 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 behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; 4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of… Read the whole commentary →

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