2. sober--Translated "vigilant," as sober men alone can be
(1Ti 3:2).
But "sober" here answers to "not given to wine,"
Tit 2:3;
Tit 1:7.
grave--"dignified"; behaving with reverent propriety.
temperate--"self-restrained"; "discreet"
[ALFORD],
(Tit 1:8;
1Ti 2:9).
faith . . . charity [love] . . .
patience--combined in
1Ti 6:11.
"Faith, hope, charity"
(1Co 13:13).
"Patience," Greek, "enduring perseverance," is the attendant on,
and is supported by, "hope"
(1Co 13:7;
1Th 1:3).
It is the grace which especially becomes old men, being the
fruit of ripened experience derived from trials overcome
(Ro 5:3).
JFB.
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