15These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you.
3: 1Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed, 2to malign no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing every consideration for all men. 3For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. 4But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, 5He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 6whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Interesting Words
deny
(ἀρνέομαι – Greek) – arneomai ► intentional denial, refusal, to disown, to reject, [perhaps from (a negative particle) and the middle voice of ῥέω (rheo) – To flow… to contradict, i.e. disavow, reject, abnegate — deny, refuse.] – Luke 9:23; John 18:25, 27; Titus 1:16;
desires
(ἐπιθυμία – Greek) – epithumia ► desire, lust, longing, from epí, “focused on” which intensifies thymós, “passionate desire” – Luke 22:15-16; John 8:44; Rom 1:24, 13:14;
exhort
(παρακαλέω – Greek) – parakaleó ► to call to one’s side, to exhort, to encourage, to comfort, to urge, to implore, beseech from close beside, (from pará, “from close-beside” and kaléō, “to call”) – Matt 5:4; Rom 12:1-2; 2Cor 1:4; Eph 4:1;
reprove
(ἐλέγχω – Greek) – elegchó ► to convict, to reprove, to expose, to refute, to correct – John 8:46; Eph 5:11; 2Tim 4:2;
for
(πρός – Greek) – pros ► preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward – many instances in the NT, 703 to be exact.
consideration
(πραΰτης – Greek) – prautés ► gentleness, consideration, humility, meekness, derived from the root pra-, emphasizing the divine origin of the meekness) – meekness (“gentle strength”) which expresses power with reserve and gentleness – Eph 4:2; Col 3:12; James 3:13;
Cross References
▪︎ People of God – 1Peter 2:9
▪︎ Once were lost – Eph 2:12, 13; Col 3:7-8;
Discussion Questions
1. What are we challenged to do in Titus 2:11-12? Describe the specifics.
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2. In Titus 2:15, Paul sounds a little more intense. What is he concerned about?
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3. Describe the various levels of exhortation mentioned here? There could be 5 or more.
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4. How can you be ready for every good work (Titus 3:1)?
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5. Compare Titus_3:3-5 (expand
3For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. 4But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, 5He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 6whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
) to the cross references in Colossians and Ephesians (Eph 2:12, 13; Col 3:7-8;)… What sticks out as a glaring difference or similarity?
3For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. 4But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, 5He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 6whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
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