Titus 2:2

Modern English Version

Older men should be sober, serious, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience.

Cross References

Job 12:12

Wisdom is with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.

Psalm 92:14

They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be healthy and flourishing,

Proverbs 16:31

The silvery hair is a crown of glory; it is found in the way of righteousness.

Isaiah 65:20

There shall no longer be an infant who lives only a few days, nor an old man who has not filled out his days. For the child shall die at one hundred years old, but the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.

Leviticus 19:32

You shall rise up before a gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and fear your God: I am the Lord.

Mark 5:15

They came to Jesus and saw him who had been possessed with the legion of demons sitting and clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.

Luke 8:35

Then they went out to see what had happened, and came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had departed sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind. And they were afraid.

Acts 24:25

As he lectured about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix was afraid and answered, “For now, leave! When time permits, I will send for you.”

Romans 12:3

For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sound judgment, according to the measure of faith God has distributed to every man.

1 Corinthians 15:34

Awake to righteousness and do not sin, for some do not have the knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

1 Corinthians 9:25

Everyone who strives for the prize exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible one.

2 Corinthians 5:13

If we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.

Galatians 5:23

meekness, and self-control; against such there is no law.

Philippians 4:8

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think on these things.

1 Thessalonians 5:6

Therefore let us not sleep as others do. But let us be alert and sober.

1 Thessalonians 5:8

But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.

1 Timothy 1:10

for the sexually immoral, for practicing homosexuals, for slave traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for anything else that is contrary to sound teaching,

1 Timothy 1:14

The grace of our Lord overflowed with the faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 1:2

To Timothy, my true son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Timothy 1:5

Now the goal of this command is love from a pure heart, and from a good conscience, and from sincere faith.

1 Timothy 3:11

Likewise, the women must be honorable, not slanderers, sober, and faithful in all things.

1 Timothy 3:2

An overseer then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach;

1 Timothy 3:4

and one who manages his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence.

1 Timothy 3:8

Likewise deacons must be honorable, not insincere, not given to much wine, not greedy,

1 Timothy 5:1

Do not rebuke an elder, but exhort him as a father, the younger men as brothers,

Titus 1:13

This witness is true. So rebuke them sharply that they may be sound in the faith,

Titus 1:8

but hospitable, a lover of what is good, self-controlled, just, holy, temperate,

Titus 2:7

in all things presenting yourself as an example of good works: in teaching showing integrity, gravity, incorruptibility,

Philemon 1:9

yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you —I, Paul, an old man, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ —

1 Peter 1:13

Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be sober, and set your hope fully upon the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 4:7

The end of all things is near. Therefore be solemn and sober so you can pray.

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober and watchful, because your adversary the devil walks around as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

2 Peter 1:6

and to your knowledge, self-control; and to your self-control, patient endurance; and to your patient endurance, godliness;