Titus 2:8 (WEB)
and soundness of speech that can’t be condemned, that he who opposes you may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us.
Fathers and councils · 4
John Chrysostom
“Accordingly, when thou seest an enemy of the truth, wait on him, take care of him, lead him back into virtue, by showing forth an excellent life, by applying “speech that cannot be condemned,”by bestowing attention and tender care, by trying every means of amendment, in imitation of the best physicians.” — editor's note: Tit. ii. 8.
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Basil the Great
“He, who after the first and second admonition abides in his fault, ought to be brought before the person in authority, if haply after being rebuked by more he may be ashamed.” — editor's note: cf. Tit. ii. 8.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“Wherefore most earnestly he exhorted, ‘Take up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day,’ that the enemy, ‘having no evil thing to say against us, may be ashamed.’” — editor's note: Tit. ii. 8.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“…of good works, teaching with gravity sound words that cannot be condemned, that the adversary may be ashamed, having nothing disgraceful or evil to say of us.” — editor's note: Tit. ii. 7, 8.
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in Life of Antony §26.
Cited together in Life of Antony §26.
Cited together in Life of Antony §26.