Titus 2:15
These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
Cross-references
Titus 1:13 adds a specific instance of rebuking false teachers, reinforcing the authority to rebuke in Titus 2:15.
1 Timothy 4:12 gives a nearly identical command: 'Let no one despise you' — reinforcing Paul's instruction for young ministers.
2 Timothy 4:2 adds a parallel command to reprove, rebuke, and exhort, showing the same pastoral duty.
1 Corinthians 16:11 says 'Let no man despise him' — the exact same phrase Paul uses for Titus, about not being despised.
Leviticus 19:17 commands to 'reprove your neighbor' — the same duty of reproof that Titus is to carry out with authority.
Nehemiah 5:7 records Nehemiah rebuking nobles with authority — a precedent for the authoritative reproof Titus is to exercise.
Isaiah 58:1 commands to cry aloud against transgression — the same bold prophetic rebuke Titus is instructed to give with authority.
Ezekiel 3:21 speaks of warning the righteous to deliver one's soul — a duty parallel to Titus's call to exhort and rebuke.
Luke 4:32 shows Jesus teaching with authority — the same authoritative speech Titus is commanded to exercise.
1 Corinthians 14:3 says prophecy brings edification, exhortation, comfort — mirroring the exhortation and rebuke in Titus's commission.
Ephesians 5:11 commands to reprove the works of darkness — a parallel to the rebuke with authority Titus is to deliver.
1 Thessalonians 2:11 describes Paul's exhortation, comfort, and charge — the same pastoral pattern Titus is to follow.
1 Thessalonians 5:12 urges respecting those who admonish — parallel to Titus's authority to rebuke and exhort.
In 1 Timothy 4:13, Paul similarly instructs Timothy to give attention to reading, exhortation, and doctrine — reinforcing the same pastoral authority and teaching emphasis.
In 1 Timothy 4:16, Paul adds personal watchfulness and perseverance in doctrine — showing that authoritative teaching requires self-examination and consistency.
In 1 Timothy 5:7, Paul commands giving charge for blamelessness — echoing the authoritative charge here to speak, exhort, and rebuke.