Titus 2:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

the younger men likewise exhort to be sober-minded:

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
1 Tim 5:1 : 1 Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:
1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
1 John 2:13 : 13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil one. I have written unto you, little children, because ye know the Father.
Joel 2:28 : 28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
Job 29:8 : 8 The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood;
Ps 148:12 : 12 Both young men and virgins; Old men and children:
Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Titus 2:1-5
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1But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine:
2that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience:
3that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;
4that they may train None the young women {G1511} {G4994} to love their husbands, to love their children,
5[None to be] sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:
Titus 2:7-9
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7in all things showing thyself an ensample of good works; in thy doctrine [showing] uncorruptness, {G861} gravity,
8sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us.
9[None Exhort] servants to be in subjection to their own masters, [and] to be well-pleasing None [to them] in all things; not gainsaying;
1 Tim 5:1-2
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1Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:
2the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.
1 Tim 4:11-12
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11These things command and teach.
12Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.
1 Thess 5:6-7
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6so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.
7For they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.
Titus 1:6-8
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6if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.
7For the bishop must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;
8but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled;
Titus 2:12
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12instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;
1 Tim 3:2-4
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2The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
4one that ruleth well his own house, having [his] children in subjection with all gravity;
1 Tim 3:11
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11Women in like manner [must be] grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
1 Tim 5:14
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14I desire therefore that the younger [widows] marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:
1 Pet 4:7
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7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:
Titus 3:1-2
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1Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work,
2to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men.
1 Pet 1:13-14
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13Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
14as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in [the time of] your ignorance:
2 Tim 2:21-22
2 verses
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21If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, {G2532} meet for the master's use, prepared unto every good work.
22But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
2 Pet 1:6
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6and in [your] knowledge self-control; and in [your] self-control patience; and in [your] patience godliness;
1 Tim 4:6-7
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6If thou put the brethren in mind of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which thou hast followed [until now]:
7but refuse profane and old wives' fables. And exercise thyself unto godliness:
1 Cor 14:20
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20Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.
1 Thess 5:14
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14And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.
1 Tim 3:8
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8Deacons in like manner [must be] grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
1 Cor 16:13
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13Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
1 Tim 2:9
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9In like manner, {G2532} that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment;
1 Pet 5:5
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5Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
2 Tim 2:2
68%
2And the things which thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
1 Tim 3:6
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6not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
Eph 5:17-18
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17Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
18And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;
1 Tim 5:11
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11But younger widows refuse: for when they have waxed wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;
Titus 2:15
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15These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
2 Pet 3:1
68%
1This is now, beloved, the second epistle that I write unto you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by putting you in remembrance;
1 Pet 2:15
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15For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
1 Pet 3:2
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2beholding your chaste behavior [coupled] with fear.
Gal 6:1
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1Brethren, even if {G2532} a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
1 Tim 5:7
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7{G2532} These things also command, that they may be without reproach.