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Titus 2 — Sermon Preparation
Paul gives instructions appropriate to different groups within the congregation and grounds the call to godly living in the grace of God that has appeared in Christ. Below is a research summary for Titus 2, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Titus 2 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| διδασκαλία | didaskalía | G1319 | 3 | doctrine, learning, teaching |
| σώφρων | sṓphrōn | G4998 | 2 | discreet, sober, temperate |
| ὑγιαίνω | hygiaínō | G5198 | 2 | be in health, sound, whole |
| νέος | néos | G3501 | 2 | new, young |
| σωτήρ | sōtḗr | G4990 | 2 | saviour |
| ὑποτάσσω | hypotássō | G5293 | 2 | be under obedience, put under, subdue unto, subject |
| μηδείς | mēdeís | G3367 | 2 | any, no, none, not |
How preachers through history handled this text
16 public-domain excerpts on Titus 2, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The doctrine of grace and salvation by the gospel, is for all ranks and conditions of men. It teaches to forsake sin; to have no more to do with it. An earthly, sensual conversation suits not a heavenly calling. It teaches to make conscience of that which is good. We must look to God in Christ, as the object of our hope and worship. A gospel conversation must be a godly conversation. See our duty in a very few words; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Titus 2:11–30 (Public Domain)
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