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Titus 2:15

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These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
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  1. 2 Timothy 4:2Rank 1 from verse 15
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    2Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

  2. 1 Timothy 4:12–13Rank 2 from verse 15
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    12Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

    13Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

  3. Titus 1:13Rank 3 from verse 15
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    13This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

  4. 1 Timothy 5:20Rank 4 from verse 15
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    20Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.

  5. Matthew 7:29Rank 5 from verse 15
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    29For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

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Titus 2:15

COMBINED MEANING

speak

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Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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rebuke

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1. A reproof, censure, or expression of blame or displeasure; to reprove or censure. 2. To command something to cease or be restrained.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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authority

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1. The right or power to command, rule, judge, speak, or act. 2. A position or exercise of such rule or power.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

15These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

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