Titus 2:6
Young men, in like manner, exhort that they be sober.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Juvenes similiter hortare ut sobrii sint.
- Greek New Testament (SBLGNT)
- Τοὺς νεωτέρους ὡσαύτως παρακάλει σωφρονεῖν·
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St John Chrysostom The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Timothy, Titus, and Philemon, Titus 2:2-5
Ver. 6 . “Young men likewise exhort to be soberminded.” See how he everywhere recommends the observance of decorum. For he has committed to women the greater part in the instruction of women, having appointed the elder to teach the younger. But the whole instruction of men he assigns to Titus himself. For nothing is so difficult for that age as to overcome unlawful pleasures. For neither the love of wealth, nor the desire of glory, or any other thing so much solicits the young, as fleshly lust. Therefore passing over other things, he directs his admonition to that vital point. Not however that he would have other things neglected; for what says he?