Titus 2:7 (WEB)

Passage

in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in your teaching showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,

Nearby Context

Titus 2:5 to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.

Titus 2:6 Likewise, exhort the younger men to be sober minded;

Titus 2:7 in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in your teaching showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,

Titus 2:8 and soundness of speech that can’t be condemned; that he who opposes you may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us.

Titus 2:9 Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "good works", "showing", "yourself", "example", and "teaching". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "good works", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "Likewise exhort the younger men to be..." into verse 8's "and soundness of speech that can t...", so "all things" and "good works" 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 "all things" and "good works" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.