Titus 2:1-10
Sound doctrine must be expressed through age- and role-specific patterns of self-controlled, faithful living so that the word of God is honored and the doctrine of God our Savior is made attractive.
1 But say the things which fit sound doctrine,
2 that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in perseverance:
3 and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good,
4 that they may train the young wives to love their husbands, to love their children,
5 to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.
6 Likewise, exhort the younger men to be sober minded.
7 In all things be showing yourself an example of good works. In your teaching, be showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,
8 and soundness of speech that can’t be condemned, that he who opposes you may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us.
9 Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters and to be well-pleasing in all things, not contradicting,
10 not stealing, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things.
Sound doctrine must be expressed through age- and role-specific patterns of self-controlled, faithful living so that the word of God is honored and the doctrine of God our Savior is made attractive.
To command Titus to teach behavior that accords with sound doctrine across every demographic in the church, showing that the gospel reshapes daily life in visible ways.
The churches in Crete existed within a culture known for moral instability. Paul's instructions emphasize disciplined living so that the gospel message would not be discredited.
Grace That Trains a Godly People
Saving grace trains believers to live disciplined, godly lives that display the gospel in every relationship and setting.