Titus 1
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1Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, 2in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal; 3but in his own seasons manifested his word in the message, wherewith I was intrusted according to the commandment of God our Saviour; 4to Titus, my true child after a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.
5For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge;
6if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly. 7For the bishop must be blameless, as God's steward; not selfwilled, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; 8but given to hospitality, a lover of good, soberminded, just, holy, temperate; 9holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able both to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers. 10For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision, 11whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. 12One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are alway liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons. 13This testimony is true. For which cause reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, 14not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth. 15To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled. 16They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
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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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