Titus 1
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Greeting.#On the epistolary form, see note on Rom 1:1–7. The apostolate is the divinely appointed mission to lead others to the true faith and through it to eternal salvation (Ti 1:1–3). 1Paul, a slave of God and apostle of Jesus Christ for the sake of the faith of God’s chosen ones and the recognition of religious truth,#1 Tm 2:4; 4:3; 2 Tm 2:25; 3:7; Heb 10:26. 2in the hope of eternal life that God, who does not lie, promised before time began,#3:7; 2 Tm 1:1; 1 Jn 2:25. 3who indeed at the proper time revealed his word in the proclamation with which I was entrusted by the command of God our savior,#2:10; 3:4; Ps 24:5; 1 Tm 1:1; 2:3; 4:10; Jude 25. 4to Titus, my true child in our common faith: grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our savior.#2:13; 3:6; Phil 3:20; 2 Tm 1:10; 2 Pt 1:11; 2:20; 3:2, 18.
II. PASTORAL CHARGE
Titus in Crete. 5#This instruction on the selection and appointment of presbyters, substantially identical with that in 1 Tm 3:1–7 on a bishop (see note there), was aimed at strengthening the authority of Titus by apostolic mandate; cf. Ti 2:15. In Ti 1:5, 7 and Acts 20:17, 28, the terms episkopos and presbyteros (“bishop” and “presbyter”) refer to the same persons. Deacons are not mentioned in Titus. See also note on Phil 1:1.For this reason I left you in Crete so that you might set right what remains to be done and appoint presbyters in every town, as I directed you, 6#1 Tm 3:2–7; 2 Tm 2:24–26.on condition that a man be blameless, married only once, with believing children who are not accused of licentiousness or rebellious. 7For a bishop as God’s steward must be blameless, not arrogant, not irritable, not a drunkard, not aggressive, not greedy for sordid gain, 8but hospitable, a lover of goodness, temperate, just, holy, and self-controlled, 9holding fast to the true message as taught so that he will be able both to exhort with sound doctrine and to refute opponents.#1:13; 2:1–2, 8; 1 Tm 1:10; 6:3; 2 Tm 1:13; 4:3. 10#This adverse criticism of the defects within the community is directed especially against certain Jewish Christians, who busy themselves with useless speculations over persons mentioned in the Old Testament, insist on the observance of Jewish ritual purity regulations, and thus upset whole families by teaching things they have no right to teach; cf. Ti 3:9; 1 Tm 1:3–10.For there are also many rebels, idle talkers and deceivers, especially the Jewish Christians.#Jewish Christians: literally, “those of the circumcision.” 11It is imperative to silence them, as they are upsetting whole families by teaching for sordid gain what they should not. 12One of them, a prophet of their own, once said, “Cretans have always been liars, vicious beasts, and lazy gluttons.”#Cretans…gluttons: quoted from Epimenides, a Cretan poet of the sixth century B.C. 13That testimony is true. Therefore, admonish them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith,#1:9. 14instead of paying attention to Jewish myths and regulations of people who have repudiated the truth.#3:9; 1 Tm 1:4; 4:7; 2 Tm 4:4; 2 Pt 1:16. 15To the clean all things are clean, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is clean; in fact, both their minds and their consciences are tainted.#Mk 7:18–23; Acts 10:15; Rom 14:14–23. 16They claim to know God, but by their deeds they deny him. They are vile and disobedient and unqualified for any good deed.
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Titos (Titus) 1
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1Sha’ul, a servant of Elohim and an emissary of יהושע Messiah, according to the belief of Elohim’s chosen ones and knowledge of the truth according to reverence,
2in expectation of everlasting life which Elohim, who does not lie, promised before times of old,
3but in its own times has manifested His word through preaching, with which I was entrusted according to the command of Elohim our Saviour,
4to Titos, a genuine child according to our common belief: Favour, compassion, peace from Elohim the Father and the Master יהושע Messiah our Saviour.
5The reason I left you in Crete was that you should straighten out what was left undone, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded you:
6if anyone is unreprovable, the husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of loose behaviour, or unruly.
7For an overseer has to be unreprovable, as a managing one of Elohim, not self-pleasing, not wroth, not given to wine, no brawler, not greedy for filthy gain,
8but kind to strangers, a lover of what is good, sensible, righteous, set-apart, self-controlled,
9clinging to the trustworthy word, according to the teaching, in order to be able both to encourage by sound teaching, and to convict#Rather: confute, or prove wrong. those who oppose it.
10For there are many unruly men, senseless talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
11whose mouths have to be stopped, who upset entire households, teaching what they should not teach, for the sake of filthy gain.
12One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
13This witness is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, in order for them to be sound in the belief,
14not paying attention to Yehuḏi fables, and commands of men who turn from the truth.
15Indeed, all matters are clean to the clean, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving no matter is clean, but both their mind and conscience are defiled.
16They profess to know Elohim, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unfit for any good work.#See Mat. 7:21-23; 2Pe. 2:1-22; 1John 2:4; Jude 1:4
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