denotes "of sound mind" (sozo, "to save," phren, "the mind"); hence, "self-controlled, soberminded," always rendered "sober-minded" in the RV; in 1—Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:8 , AV, "sober;" in Titus 2:2 , AV, "temperate;" in Titus 2:5 , AV, "discreet."
1—Timothy 3:11Titus 2:2TEMPERATE.signifies "to be free from the influence of intoxicants;" in the NT, metaphorically, it does not in itself imply watchfulness, but is used in association with it, 1—Thessalonians 5:6,8; 2—Timothy 4:5; 1—Peter 1:13; 4:7 , RV (AV, "watch"); 5:8. Cp. eknepho and ananepho, under AWAKE, No. 3 and Note.
akin to A, is rendered "to think soberly," Romans 12:3; "to be sober," 2—Corinthians 5:13; "to be soberminded," Titus 2:6; in 1—Peter 4:7 , AV "be ye sober" (RV, "of sound mind"); see MIND , B, No. 5.
denotes "to cause to be of sound mind, to recall to one's senses;" in Titus 2:4 , RV, it is rendered "they may train" (AV, "they may teach ... to be sober," marg., "wise"); "train" expresses the meaning more adequately; the training would involve the cultivation of sound judgment and prudence.
akin to A and B, Nos. 2 and 3, "soberly," occurs in Titus 2:12; it suggests the exercise of that self-restraint that governs all passions and desires, enabling the believer to be conformed to the mind of Christ.
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