Titus 2:6 (LSB)

Passage

Likewise urge the younger men to be sensible;

Nearby Context

Titus 2:4 so that they may instruct the young women in sensibility: to love their husbands, to love their children,

Titus 2:5 to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be slandered.

Titus 2:6 Likewise urge the younger men to be sensible;

Titus 2:7 in all things show yourself to be a model of good works, with purity in doctrine, dignified,

Titus 2:8 sound in word which is irreproachable, so that the opponent will be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "to be sensible pure workers at home..." into verse 7's "in all things show yourself to be...", so "likewise" and "urge" 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 "likewise" and "urge" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.