TIT 2:2 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Older men, to be temperate, dignified, sensible, sound in faith, in love, and in perseverance.

UST Tell the older men that they must control themselves at all times, that they must live in a way that other people respect, and that they must act sensibly. Tell them that they must also firmly believe the true things about God, love others truly, and do all these things even when it is difficult.

BSB § Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.

BLB The aged men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, in endurance;

AICNT Older men should be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, love, and endurance.

OEB Teach that the older men should be soberly clear minded, dignified and self-controlled – sound in faith, love, and patient endurance.

WEBBE that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in perseverance,

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG ^(1-6)Your job is to speak out on the things that make for solid doctrine. Guide older men into lives of temperance, dignity, and wisdom, into healthy faith, love, and endurance. Guide older women into lives of reverence so they end up as neither gossips nor drunks, but models of goodness. By looking at them, the younger women will know how to love their husbands and children, be virtuous and pure, keep a good house, be good wives. We don’t want anyone looking down on God’s Message because of their behavior. Also, guide the young men to live disciplined lives.

NET Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.

LSV Elders [are] to be temperate, dignified, sober, sound in faith, in the love, in the endurance.

FBV Older men shouldn't drink; they should be respectable and sensible,[fn] with a healthy trust in God, loving and patient.

2:2 “Sensible,” or “thoughtful,” “self-controlled,” “decent.” Also in 2:5, 2:6, and 2:12.

TCNT Elderly men are to be sober-minded, dignified, sensible, and sound in faith, love, and endurance.

T4T Specifically, tell the older men that they should control themselves ◄in all situations/whatever happens►, that they should behave in such a manner that all people will respect them, and that they should control what they say and do. And tell them that they should firmly believe in the correct teachings, that they should sincerely love others, and that they should always be steadfast.

LEB Older men are to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.

BBE That old men are to be simple in their tastes, serious, wise, true in faith, in love, and of a quiet mind.

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Wymth Exhort aged men to be temperate, grave, sober-minded, robust in their faith, their love and their patience.

ASV that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience:

DRA That the aged men be sober, chaste, prudent, sound in faith, in love, in patience.

YLT aged men to be temperate, grave, sober, sound in the faith, in the love, in the endurance;

Drby that the elder men be sober, grave, discreet, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

RV that aged men be temperate, grave, soberminded, sound in faith, in love, in patience:

Wbstr That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience;

KJB-1769 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

KJB-1611 That the aged men be [fn]sober, graue, temperate, sound in faith, in charitie, in patience.

2:2 Or, vigilant

Bshps That the elder men be watchyng, graue, sober, sounde in fayth, in loue, in pacience:
(That the elder men be watchyng, graue, sober, sound in faith, in loue, in patience:)

Gnva That the elder men be watchful, graue, teperate, sounde in the faith, in loue, and in patience:
(That the elder men be watchful, graue, teperate, sound in the faith, in loue, and in patience: )

Cvdl That ye elder men be sober, honest, discrete, sounde in the faith, in loue, in pacience.
(That ye/you_all elder men be sober, honest, discrete, sound in the faith, in loue, in patience.)

TNT That the elder men be sober honest discrete sounde in the fayth in love and in paciece.
(That the elder men be sober honest discrete sound in the faith in love and in paciece. )

Wycl that elde men be sobre, chast, prudent, hool in feith, in loue, and pacience;
(that elde men be sobre, chast, prudent, hool in faith, in loue, and patience;)

Luth den Alten, daß sie nüchtern seien, ehrbar, züchtig, gesund im Glauben, in der Liebe, in der Geduld;
(den Alten, that they/she/them nüchtern seien, ehrbar, züchtig, healed in_the faith, in the/of_the Liebe, in the/of_the Geduld;)

ClVg senes ut sobrii sint, pudici, prudentes, sani in fide, in dilectione, in patientia:[fn]
(senes as sobrii sint, pudici, prudentes, sani in fide, in dilectione, in patientia: )

2.2 Senes ut sobrii sint. CHRYS. Habet senectus vitia quædam propria, et morbos quibus juventus caret. Et ipsa quoque senectus morbus est, inest illi tamen præterea segnities quædam ac tarditas, oblivio profunda, obtusio sensuum et iracundia. Sunt enim plurima quæ in hujusmodi ætate vix fieri patiantur.

2.2 Senes as sobrii sint. CHRYS. Habet senectus vitia quædam propria, and morbos to_whom yuventus caret. And herself too senectus morbus it_is, inest illi tamen præterea segnities quædam ac tarditas, oblivio profunda, obtusio sensuum and iracundia. Sunt because plurima which in huyusmodi ætate vix to_be_done patiantur.

UGNT πρεσβύτας νηφαλίους εἶναι, σεμνούς, σώφρονας, ὑγιαίνοντας τῇ πίστει, τῇ ἀγάπῃ, τῇ ὑπομονῇ.
(presbutas naʸfalious einai, semnous, sōfronas, hugiainontas taʸ pistei, taʸ agapaʸ, taʸ hupomonaʸ.)

SBL-GNT πρεσβύτας νηφαλίους εἶναι, σεμνούς, σώφρονας, ὑγιαίνοντας τῇ πίστει, τῇ ἀγάπῃ, τῇ ὑπομονῇ.
(presbutas naʸfalious einai, semnous, sōfronas, hugiainontas taʸ pistei, taʸ agapaʸ, taʸ hupomonaʸ.)

TC-GNT πρεσβύτας [fn]νηφαλέους εἶναι, σεμνούς, σώφρονας, ὑγιαίνοντας τῇ πίστει, τῇ ἀγάπῃ, τῇ ὑπομονῇ·
(presbutas naʸfaleous einai, semnous, sōfronas, hugiainontas taʸ pistei, taʸ agapaʸ, taʸ hupomonaʸ; )

2:2 νηφαλεους ¦ νηφαλιους ANT BYZ CT PCK TR

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

πρεσβύτας & εἶναι

/the/_older_men & to_be

A verb is lacking here that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. If it would be clearer in your language, you could supply a verb here, drawing from the idea of “speak” in the previous verse, such as “teach” or “exhort.” Alternate translation: “Teach older men to be”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

νηφαλίους & σεμνούς, σώφρονας

sober & dignified sensible

These three words are very close in meaning and may be combined into one or two terms if the target language does not have three separate terms.

νηφαλίους

sober

Alternate translation: “sober-minded” or “self-controlled”

σώφρονας

sensible

Alternate translation: “in control of their desires”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὑγιαίνοντας τῇ πίστει τῇ ἀγάπῃ, τῇ ὑπομονῇ

being_sound ¬the ˱in˲_faith ¬the ˱in˲_love ¬the ˱in˲_endurance

Here the word sound means to be firm and unwavering. It applies to faith, love, and perseverance. See the note about sound on Titus 1:9 and the note about sound in faith on Titus 1:13. Alternate translation: “unwavering in faith, in loving others, and in continuing to persevere”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ὑγιαίνοντας τῇ πίστει

being_sound ¬the ˱in˲_faith

You can state the abstract noun faith as a verb if that is clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “to firmly believe the true teachings about God”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τῇ ἀγάπῃ

¬the ¬the ˱in˲_love

You can state the abstract noun love as a verb if that is more clear in your language. Alternate translation: “in loving others well”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τῇ ὑπομονῇ

¬the ¬the ¬the ˱in˲_endurance

You can state the abstract noun perseverance as a verb if that is more clear in your language. Alternate translation: “and to continually serve God in all circumstances”

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