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Sobriety.

From: The New Topical Textbook

By: Reuben Archer Torrey

Commanded. 1 Peter 1:13¹³Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; (1 Peter 1:13). 1 Peter 5:8⁸Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: (1 Peter 5:8).

The gospel designed to teach. Titus 2:11, 12¹¹For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, ¹²Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; (Titus 2:11‑12).

With watchfulness. 1 Thess. 5:6⁶Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. (1 Thessalonians 5:6).

With prayer. 1 Peter 4:7⁷But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. (1 Peter 4:7).

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Ministers. 1 Tim. 3:2, 3²A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; ³Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; (1 Timothy 3:2‑3). Titus 1:8⁸But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; (Titus 1:8).

Wives of ministers. 1 Tim. 3:11¹¹Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. (1 Timothy 3:11).

Aged men. Titus 2:2²That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. (Titus 2:2).

Young men. Titus 2:6⁶Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. (Titus 2:6).

Young women. Titus 2:4⁴That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, (Titus 2:4).

All saints. 1 Thess. 5:6, 8⁶Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. (1 Thessalonians 5:6)
⁸But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. (1 Thessalonians 5:8).

Women should exhibit, in dress. 1 Tim. 2:9⁹In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; (1 Timothy 2:9).

We should estimate our character and talents with. Rom. 12:3³For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. (Romans 12:3).

We should live in. Titus 2:12¹²Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; (Titus 2:12).

Motives to. 1 Peter 4:7⁷But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. (1 Peter 4:7). 1 Peter 5:8⁸Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: (1 Peter 5:8).

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