Commentary on Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians Thessalonians Timothy Titus and Philemon John Calvin
Chapter
Titus 2:1-5
Titus 2:1-5
1. But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: 1. Tu autem loquere quae decet sanam doctrinam 2. That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
2. senes ut sobrii sint pudici prudentes sani fide dilectione patientia 3. The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
3. anus similiter in habitu sancto non criminatrices non vino multo servientes bene docentes
4. That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
4. ut prudentiam doceant adulescentulas ut viros suos ament filios diligant 5. To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
5. prudentes castas domus curam habentes benignas subditas suis viris ut non blasphemetur verbum Dei
1. But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine He points out the remedy for driving away fables, namely, that Titus should devote himself to edification. He gives the appellation of sound doctrine to that which may instruct men to godliness; for all trifles vanish away, when that which is solid is taught. When he enjoins him to speak those things which agree with ``sound doctrine,'' it is as if he had said, that Titus must be continually employed in this preaching; for to mention these things once or twice would not be enough. And Paul does not speak of the discourse of a single day; but so long as Titus shall hold the office of pastor, he wishes him to be employed in teaching this doctrine.
doctrine'' is so called from the effect produced by it; as, on the contrary, he says, that unskillful men dote about questions which do no good. Sound, therefore, means wholesome, that which actually feeds souls. Thus, by a single word, as by a solemn proclamation, he banishes from the Church all speculations which serve rather to promote ostentation than to aid godliness, 1142 as he did in both of the Epistles to Timothy.
1142"Let the doctrine which proceeds from thy mouth be sound. For he expressly uses this