Titus 2:6

The standard of holy living for young men

6. The younger women in Crete were to be placed under the guidance of elder women, though in Ephesus Timothy was himself to instruct them. The young men are to have the special care of Titus.

Youngmen likewise exhort to be sober minded Rather, the younger men … pure minded. The verb occurs in Mark 5:15; Luke 8:35, of the -possessed of devils" being restored to sound reason; and in Rom 12:3, 2 Corinthians 5:13, of sober, reasonable judgment; but here, from the context, and from the use of the cognate verb Titus 2:4 and its context, and of the corresponding adjectives, 1 Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:8; Titus 2:2; Titus 2:5, it seems limited to -purity of mind and spirit." In the somewhat similar exhortation to Timothy, 1 Timothy 5:22, the word is different, -keep thyself chaste," as above in Titus 2:5 -chaste" is joined with -pure". -Chaste" is suitable there because sins, actual sins, are the contrast rather than an impure spirit and state of mind.