Titus 2:15

15. These things speak Solemn repetition from the speak thou of Titus 2:1.

These things The precepts of Titus 2:1-10, and the doctrines of Titus 2:11-15.

Exhort That is, incite, encourage, the docile to good conduct based on right doctrine.

Rebuke Refute, expose, detect, all wickedness of life and error in principle.

With all authority Derived from thy high office, from the great truths to be maintained, and from the purity, firmness, and dignity of thy own character and manner.

Let… despise Be such as no man can despise. Both in Timothy and Titus, St. Paul found qualities and powers capable of compelling men to respect their teachings and themselves, and would call those powers into action. The minister who cannot command for his cause and his character the respect of the community in which he lives, has probably mistaken his calling. Here closes, we think, the contrast in portraiture between the errorists of Titus 1:10-16; Titus 1:5-9, and Titus 2:1-15.