Titus 1:8

φιλόξενον : See on 1 Timothy 3:2.

φιλάγαθον : In Wis 7:22, the πνεῦμα which is in σοφία is φιλάγαθον, loving what is good. The epithets which immediately precede and follow φιλάγαθον in Wisd. have no reference to persons, with the exception of φιλάνθρωπον. It seems best, with the R.V., to give the words as wide a reference as possible; see on ἀφιλάγαθοι, 2 Timothy 3:3.

σώφρονα : See notes on 1Ti 2:9; 1 Timothy 3:2.

ἐγκρατῆ : The noun ἐγκράτεια occurs Acts 24:25; Galatians 5:23; 2 Peter 1:6, where to the rendering temperance the R.V.m. gives the alternative self-control. The verb ἐγκρατεύομαι in 1 Corinthians 7:9 is to have continency, but in 1 Corinthians 9:25 to be temperate generally. The word differs from σώφρων as having a reference to bodily appetites, while σώφρων has reference also to the desires of the mind. ἐγκράτ. concerns action, σωφρ. thought.