- 1But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
- 2That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
- 3The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
- 4That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
- 5To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
- 6Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
- 7In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
- 8Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
- 9Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;
- 10Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
- 11For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
- 12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
- 13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
- 14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
- 15These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
KING JAMES VERSION
TITUS 2
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CHAPTER VISUAL
Titus 2 — Sound doctrine shapes every generation toward sober, faithful lives and good works while believers await the blessed hope.
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One intergenerational courtyard brings the chapter’s groups and responsibilities together. The bright horizon suggests the blessed hope without attempting a bodily portrayal of the Father or a speculative scene of Christ’s appearing.
Scripture basis: Titus 2:1–15King James Version · Standardized 1769 text with Strong’s numbering · Public domain outside the United Kingdom
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Archaeological Evidence
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Third century AD
Megiddo Christian Prayer-Hall Mosaic
A securely excavated third-century mosaic at Kefar Othnay names donors, a centurion, women, and “God Jesus Christ,” documenting a pre-Constantinian Christian gathering place while leaving the room's precise architectural and liturgical classification open.
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2nd-3rd Century
Papyrus P32: Titus 1:11–15 in a Greek Witness
Rylands Greek Papyrus 5, or P32, is a small late-second- or third-century codex fragment of Titus 1–2 and the earliest surviving physical witness to the epistle before Codex Sinaiticus.
Titus 1:11–15 · Titus 2:3–8
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