Verse 2
2. Sober The opposite of all extravagance of conduct or character.
Grave The opposite of all levity.
Temperate Implying self-mastery; the well-balanced control of all our appetites and passions. After these three adjectives of moral excellence, now follow three clauses of more strictly religious quality.
Sound Spiritually healthful. The three following nouns have each the Greek article: in the faith, the love, the patience, inspired, that is, by, and belonging to, the blessed Gospel.
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