Say these things and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise you.
Parallel translations
- KJV These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
- BSB Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.
- NKJV Speak these things, exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.
- NASB These things speak and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. No one is to disregard you.
- NLT You must teach these things and encourage the believers to do them. You have the authority to correct them when necessary, so don’t let anyone disregard what you say.
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Quick answer
Titus is to declare, encourage, and rebuke these truths with full authority, letting no one disregard him. It matters because the gospel and its demands are to be taught boldly and confidently.
Overview
Paul charges Titus to proclaim all 'these things' with God-given authority. Sound teaching requires not only instruction but encouragement and correction. The minister speaks on Christ's behalf, so he should teach with confidence and not allow his message to be despised.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- 2 Tim 4:2preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.
- 1 Tim 4:12–13Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.
- Titus 1:13This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
- 1 Tim 5:20Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.
- Matt 7:29for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.
- Mark 1:22They were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.
- Luke 4:36Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another, saying, “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”
- Mark 1:27They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!”
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