Titus 2:15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise you. 1. Let no man despising thee prevent the full discharge of certain duty. "He that despiseth you, despiseth Me, and he that despiseth Me, despiseth Him that sent Me." 2. If men will despise God and Christ, the human messenger may well consent to be despised along with them. Let them despise thee, but let not the effect be caused by cowardly suppression, or disingenuous corruption of the truth on your part. As a faithful messenger of God and an ambassador of Christ, let men despise you if they will, or if they must — let them despise you at their peril. But as a traitor to the truth and to its Author, let no man despise thee. (J. A. Alexander, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.WEB: Say these things and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise you. |
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