Titus 1:13
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13 That testimony is true. Therefore, admonish them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith,(A)
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Titus 2:1-2
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III. Teaching the Christian Life
Chapter 2
Christian Behavior.[a] 1 As for yourself, you must say what is consistent with sound doctrine, namely,(A) 2 that older men should be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, love, and endurance.
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- 2:1–10 One of Titus’ main tasks in Crete is to become acquainted with the character of the Cretans and thereby learn to cope with its deficiencies (see Ti 1:12). The counsel is not only for Titus himself but for various classes of people with whom he must deal: older men and women (Ti 2:2–4), younger women and men (Ti 2:4–7), and slaves (Ti 2:9–10); cf. Eph 6:1–9; Col 3:18–4:1.
Titus 2:8
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8 and sound speech that cannot be criticized, so that the opponent will be put to shame without anything bad to say about us.
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1 Timothy 1:10
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10 the unchaste, sodomites,[a] kidnappers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is opposed to sound teaching,(A)
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1 Timothy 6:3
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3 Whoever teaches something different and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the religious teaching(A)
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2 Timothy 1:13
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13 Take as your norm the sound words that you heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.(A)
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2 Timothy 4:3
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3 For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine but, following their own desires and insatiable curiosity,[a] will accumulate teachers(A)
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- 4:3 Insatiable curiosity: literally, “with itching ears.”
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