Sensibility
Posted 12/29/2001
Paul addresses several groups in Ti 2:1-10, listing several key character qualities necessary in order to be known as sensible. He gives the reason for doing so at the end of the chapter in Ti 2:11-14: Jesus Christ. He gave Himself completely for us, and we should give up ungodliness and worldy desires for Him.
These lists are not ways to be saved; they are a way for us to better look forward to seeing Christ with a clear conscience after living sensible, righteous, godly lives.
- Older men to be
- Steadfast
- Dignified
- Sensible
- Sound in faith
- Sound in love
- Sound in perseverance
- Older women to be
- Reverent in behavior
- Not malicious gossips
- Not addicted to wine
- Teachers of what is good
- Teaching the young women:
- Young women to be
- Lovers of their husbands
- Lovers of their children
- Sensible
- Pure
- Workers at home
- Kind
- Obedient to their own husbands
- Young men to be
- Sensible
- Examples, showing a consistent pattern of
- Purity
- Dignity
- Sound, unreproachable speech
- Giving opponents nothing bad to say about them
- Slaves to be
- Obedient to their own masters
- Well-pleasing to their masters
- Not argumentative with them
- Full of integrity, not pilfering
- Adorning the doctrine of God in all things
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