Titus 2:1

Portraiture of the True Christian Laity under True Teaching, Titus 2:1-15.

1. But Marking the contrast between the Christian laity and the gainsayers and their followers in Titus 1:10-16; and a proper continuance of the portraiture of Titus 1:5-9; that portraying the ministry, this the membership in their various classifications. Aged men and aged women, (Titus 2:2-3,) young women and young men, with Titus for their type, (Titus 2:4-8,) are pictured as they should be, not forgetting the servants, (Titus 2:9-10,) all in view of the divine future opened upon us through the dying Christ, Titus 2:11-15.

Speak thou The portraiture is to be drawn by Titus’ teachings. And really Titus is directed to form the entire Cretan Church in its various cities (Titus 1:5) by his teachings; assuming that it will be done through the eldership whom he ordains. Thou in the Greek is doubly emphatic, by position and express insertion; marking a very striking contrast between Titus and the doctrinaries of the last paragraph.

Sound doctrine Healthful teaching.