Titus 2:15 (ASV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Titus 2:13 looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

Titus 2:14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.

Titus 2:15 These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "things", "speak", "exhort", "reprove", "authority", "despise", and "thee". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "things" and "speak", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "who gave himself for us that he...", giving immediate footing for "things" and "speak". In Titus context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "things" and "speak" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.