Titus 2:15 BSB — MannaFest

Titus 2:15

Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

KJV

These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Titus (420)

Speak these things, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. He has set out three things: speak, exhort, and rebuke. And indeed, in what he says, "speak," it seems to refer to teaching. But what he introduced, "exhort," that is, παρακάλει, means something else in Greek than in Latin: for παράκλησις sounds more like comfort than exhortation. This word was also spoken of earlier concerning young people: Likewise, comfort the young, be modest in everything. About this we have expressed it in its place as it is read in Latin, as if it was written to exhort.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

These things speak and exhort,.... Sound doctrine, the doctrine of grace, the doctrines of salvation and redemption by Christ, of peace, pardon, and cleansing by his blood; these speak out clearly, plainly, publicly, boldly, and faithfully: and the things which become sound doctrine; the duties of religion suitable to every age and sex, a denying of ungodliness and worldly lusts, a sober, righteous, and godly life and conversation, exhort unto; and encourage the saints to be zealous of good works, and comfort them with the expectation of the blessed hope, and glorious appearance of Christ.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

These things speak and exhort - Notes, 1Ti 6:2. And rebuke with all authority - 1Ti 5:1, note, 20, note; 2Ti 4:2 note. The word “authority” here means command - ἐπιταγὴ epitagē; 1Co 7:6, 1Co 7:25; 2Co 8:8; 1Ti 1:1; Tit 1:3. The sense here is, he was to do it decidedly, without ambiguity, without compromise, and without keeping anything back. He was to state these things not as being advice or counsel, but as the requirement of God.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ταῦτα	Tauta	These things	G3778 →
λάλει	lalei	do speak	G2980 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
παρακάλει	parakalei	do exhort	G3870 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἔλεγχε	elegche	do rebuke	G1651 →
μετὰ	meta	with	G3326 →
πάσης	pasēs	all	G3956 →
ἐπιταγῆς.	epitagēs	authority.	G2003 →
μηδείς	mēdeis	No one	G3367 →
σου	sou	you	G4771 →
περιφρονείτω.¶	periphroneitō	should despise.	G4065 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Timothy 4:2
Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 5:14
  And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.
- 1 Timothy 4:15–16
  Be diligent in these matters and absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.
- Revelation 3:19
  Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
- 1 Timothy 4:13
  Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching.
- 2 Timothy 2:21
  So if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, he will be a vessel for honor: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work.
Through
1 Timothy 5:20
But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.
leads to
- 2 Timothy 4:2
  Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Timothy 1:20
  Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.
Through
Titus 1:13
This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith
leads to
- 1 Timothy 5:20
  But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.