Bible Commentary

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. 2. the aged men] Better, aged men; here of the ordinary life of the older men, as the comparative is used in 1Ti 5:1 ‘rebuke not an elder’; not ‘elders’ or ‘presbyters.’ St Paul is himself four or five years … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Titus 2:2”

But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: 1. sound doctrine ] See on Tit 1:9, 1Ti 1:10. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1 3. What standard of holy living is to be maintained; first, for elder men and women After these instructions to Titus for the appointment of presbyters and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Titus 2:1”

They profess that they know God; but in works they deny [him,] being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. 16. They profess that they know God ] Vulg. ‘confitentur’; ‘profess’ is retained by R.V., though its modern sense is more generally ‘pretend’: the Greek is ‘openly acknowledge,’ and the word is used … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Titus 1:16”

Unto the pure all things [are] pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving [is] nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. 15. Unto the pure all things are pure ] To the same effect as 1Ti 4:3-5. Cf. Mat 15:2; Mat 15:11 for the ‘wholesome words of Jesus Christ’ on … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Titus 1:15”

Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth. 14. not giving heed to Jewish fables ] See note on 1Ti 1:4 and Introduction, pp. 45 sqq. ‘The old Judaism got itself entangled in a new Platonism. Those endless genealogies which had always charmed the Israelite, as he traced … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Titus 1:14”

This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; 13. This witness is true ] Not to be taken, as Dr Farrar says, au pied de la lettre, as though the Cretans were indiscriminately wicked. Nor to be taken as authority for ‘scolding’ in the modern sermon. The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Titus 1:13”

One of themselves, [even] a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians [are] always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. 12. One of themselves ] Rather, one of them, there being nothing to indicate emphasis till the next two words come, a prophet of their own; the force is, ‘there is a Cretan saying and by … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Titus 1:12”

Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake. 11. whose mouths must be stopped ] The verb is so used in classical Greek often; the ‘stopping’ must have reference to the ‘convict’ of Tit 1:9; Tit 1:13. Compare the use of ‘to muzzle’ in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Titus 1:11”

For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision: 10 16. The unruly rival teachers are to be repressed 10. many unruly ] Add men, leaving the pair of attributes to go together, as in the Pauline usage, empty talkers and deceivers of the mind. Both compounds occur only … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Titus 1:10”

Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. 9. holding fast the faithful word ] Or, the faithful saying, keeping the connexion with the technical phrase of these Epistles, 1Ti 1:15. ‘Though no one “faithful saying” is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Titus 1:9”