TITUS 2:15 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.”
Declare these things; exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you — Paul commands Titus to proclaim doctrine authoritically, combining exhortation (parakalei) and reproof (elegche), the positive and negative of pastoral work. The phrase with all authority (en pasē epitagē) grants apostolic weight to Titus's office, derived from Paul. The final charge — let no one despise you (kataphroneō) — acknowledges the vulnerability of youth in authority, yet demands respect as representative of apostolic tradition.
Church Fathers on Titus 2:15
“These things speak and exhort.” Do you see how he charges Timothy? “Reprove, rebuke, exhort.” But here, “Rebuke with all authority.” For the manners of this people were more stubborn, wherefore he orders them to be rebuked more roughly, and with all authority. For there are some sins, which ought to be prevented by command. We may with persuasion advise men to despise riches, to be meek, and the like. But the adulterer, the fornicator, the defrauder, ought to be brought to a…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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