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As for you, Titus, promote the kind of living that reflects wholesome teaching.
Teach the older men to exercise self-control, to be worthy of respect, and to live wisely. They must have sound faith and be filled with love and patience.
Titus 2:1-2 NLT
Paul has listed some of the problems it would seem are creeping into the church in Crete.
And here he starts encouraging Titus to show and to teach the antidote:
This life of self-control, being worthy of respect, and living wisely comes from a simple foundation that we can all build our lives on:
Sound faith.
Patience.
& Love.
Sound faith is built over time in community, ongoing learning, and living it out in the world that we live in, growing love for God and our neighbor.
Patience. Waiting for others, slowing down, stopping, giving space. 
Listening.
Patience is an act of grace (towards others, and towards all the things in us that we're impatient about).
And to love. 
"Agape" which according to Biblehub means to prefer what God prefers. Divine love.
To love how God does.
Sound faith.
Patience.
Love.
Beloved, that's probably enough work for a lifetime.
#titus
#soundfaith
#patience
#love

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