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That the aged men be sober: by the word presbutav seems here to be signified elders in age; he would have Timothy preach that these should be nhfalioi, sober, both as to body and mind: we met with the word before, 1 Timothy 3:2,11. Grave; of a modest, composed behaviour, not light and airy. Temperate; that is, able to govern their passions and inclinations. Sound in faith; we have met with the phrase before, Titus 1:13; see the notes; neither rotten through error, nor sick through fluctuation or scepticism. In charity, that is, love. In patience; a patient bearing of evils.