Titus 2:6 (DBY)

Passage

The younger men in like manner exhort to be discreet:

Nearby Context

Titus 2:4 that they may admonish the young women to be attached to [their] husbands, to be attached to [their] children,

Titus 2:5 discreet, chaste, diligent in home work, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.

Titus 2:6 The younger men in like manner exhort to be discreet:

Titus 2:7 in all things affording thyself as a pattern of good works; in teaching uncorruptedness, gravity,

Titus 2:8 a sound word, not to be condemned; that he who is opposed may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "younger", "like", "manner", "exhort", and "discreet". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "younger" and "like", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "discreet chaste diligent in home work good..." into verse 7's "in all things affording thyself as a...", so "younger" and "like" belong inside that flow. In Titus context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

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