Titus 1:8

Titus 1:8. On the contrary, he should be (6) hospitable, having then frequent occasion to entertain brethren on their travels (cf. 3 John 1:5-8; Romans 16:2; Romans 16:23; Acts 21:16 , etc.); (7) a lover of good, i.e. disposed to generous actions; (8) sober: this word, which with its derivatives occurs so often in Pastoral Epistles, denotes ‘the well-balanced state of mind resulting from habitual self-restraint' (Ellicott). In that time of morbid religious excitement, Paul greatly missed as he grew older moral and intellectual soundness or perfect sanity. (9) Just toward men; (10) holy towards God, combining piety with purity; and (11) temperate, as to one's own appetites and passions self-restrained.