Titus 2:1 (GNV)

Passage

Bvt speake thou the thinges which become wholesome doctrine,

Nearby Context

Titus 2:1 Bvt speake thou the thinges which become wholesome doctrine,

Titus 2:2 That the elder men be watchful, graue, teperate, sounde in the faith, in loue, and in patience:

Titus 2:3 The elder women likewise, that they be in such behauiour as becommeth holinesse, not false accusers, not subiect to much wine, but teachers of honest things,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "speake", "thou", "thinges", "become", "wholesome", and "doctrine". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "speake" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "That the elder men be watchful graue...", so "speake" and "thou" should be read forward into that movement. In Titus context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

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