Tit_2:6.
Τοὺς
νεωτέρους
] “the younger men;” not, as Matthies supposes, the younger members of the church, without distinction of sex.
ὡσαύτως
] here, as in Tit_2:3, on account of the similarity of the exhortation.
παρακάλει
σωφρονεῖν
] equivalent to
σώφρονας
εἶναι
, opposed to omnibus immoderatis affectibus (Beza). Hofmann: “The whole purport of the apostle’s exhortations is included by the apostle in the one word
σωφρονεῖν
, which therefore contains everything in which the moral influence of Christianity may be displayed.”