The Place to Be #34

 Titus 2:1 But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. 2 Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. 3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, 4 and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. 6 Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled.

Having instructed Titus to appoint elders in every town in Crete, Paul then gives him a "sermon series" on applying sound doctrine to daily living, addressing the different age categories of men and women. Older men are to have a stability about them, in thought word and action. People depend on them for wise advice and their example.  Older woman also should be those who could be counted on to not gossip and have a clear head to advise younger women on family life and running their household well.  Younger men need to learn one lesson well as a foundation: self-control of their minds, mouths and bodies. They often have no thought of how much their words and actions can affect those around them, especially in a negative way.