Titus 1
1
Greeting
1Paul, # Ac 13:9 a slave of God # Ac 16:17; Rm 1:1; Eph 6:6; Jms 1:1; 1Pt 2:16; Rv 1:1 and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to build up # Or according to the faith of God’s elect # Mt 22:14; 24:22; Lk 18:7; Rm 8:33; Col 3:12; 1Co 1:27-28; 1Th 1:4; Jms 2:5 and their knowledge of the truth # 1Tm 2:4; 2Tm 3:7 that leads # Or corresponds to godliness, # 1Tm 6:3 2in the hope of eternal life # 1Co 15:19; Ti 3:7; Heb 9:15 that God, who cannot lie, # Nm 23:19; Heb 6:18 promised before time began. # Rm 1:2; 2Tm 1:9 3In His own time He has revealed # Jn 21:1; 2Co 4:11; 1Pt 5:4; 1Jn 1:2 His message # Jn 1:1; 2:22; 2Tm 2:15; Heb 4:12 in the proclamation that I was entrusted # 1Tm 1:11; 6:20; 2Tm 1:12,14 with by the command # 1Tm 1:1 of God our Savior: # 1Tm 1:1; 2:3; Ti 2:10; 3:4; Jd 25
4To Titus, # 2Co 2:13; 7:6,13-14; 8:6,16,23; 12:18; Gl 2:1,3; 2Tm 4:10 my true son # 1Tm 1:2 in our common faith.
Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. # Rm 1:7; 1Co 1:3
Titus’s Ministry in Crete
5The reason I left you in Crete # Ac 27:7,12-13 was to set right what was left undone and, as I directed you, to appoint elders # 1Tm 3:1-7; 5:17 in every town: 6one # 1Tm 3:2-4 who is blameless, # Col 1:22 the husband of one wife, having faithful # Or believing children not accused of wildness or rebellion. 7For an overseer, # Ac 20:28; Php 1:1; 1Pt 2:25 as God’s administrator, must be blameless, not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not addicted to wine, not a bully, not greedy for money, 8but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, righteous, holy, self-controlled, 9holding to the faithful message as taught, # Ac 2:42 so that he will be able both to encourage with sound teaching # 1Tm 1:10; 6:3; 2Tm 1:13; Ti 2:1 and to refute those who contradict it.
10For there are also many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from Judaism. # Lit the circumcision 11It is necessary to silence them; they overthrow whole households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly. 12One of their very own prophets said,
Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons. # This saying is from the Cretan poet Epimenides (6th century b.c.).
13This testimony is true. # Jn 8:14 So, rebuke them sharply, # 2Co 13:10 that they may be sound in the faith 14and may not pay attention to Jewish myths # 1Tm 1:4; 4:7; 2Tm 4:4; 2Pt 1:16 and the commands of men who reject the truth. # 2Tm 4:4
15To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience # Heb 13:18 are defiled. 16They profess to know God, # Jn 7:28 but they deny Him by their works. # Mk 14:6; 2Co 9:8; Gl 3:10; Jms 2:14-26 They are detestable, disobedient, and disqualified for any good work. # 2Co 9:8
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Titus 1
1
Greeting
1Paul, a servant#1:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface of God and #See 2 Cor. 1:1 an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and #See 1 Tim. 2:4 their knowledge of the truth, #1 Tim. 6:3which accords with godliness, 2#2 Tim. 1:1; Heb. 9:15; [ch. 2:13; 3:7] in hope of eternal life, which God, #Num. 23:19; 2 Tim. 2:13; Heb. 6:18 who never lies, #Rom. 1:2 promised #See 2 Tim. 1:9before the ages began#1:2 Greek before times eternal 3and #See 1 Tim. 2:6 at the proper time manifested in his word#1:3 Or manifested his word #[Rom. 10:14] through the preaching #See 1 Tim. 1:11 with which I have been entrusted #1 Tim. 1:1by the command of God our Savior;
4To Titus, #See 3 John 4 my true child in #Jude 3; See 2 Pet. 1:1 a common faith:
# See 1 Tim. 1:2 Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Qualifications for Elders
5 # [1 Tim. 1:3] This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and #[Acts 14:23; 2 Tim. 2:2]appoint elders in every town as I directed you— 6#For ver. 6-8, see 1 Tim. 3:2-4 if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife,#1:6 Or a man of one woman and his children are believers#1:6 Or are faithful and not open to the charge of #See Eph. 5:18debauchery or insubordination. 7For an overseer,#1:7 Or bishop; Greek episkopos #Luke 12:42; 1 Cor. 4:1; 1 Pet. 4:10 as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not #2 Pet. 2:10 be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent #1 Tim. 3:8; 1 Pet. 5:2or greedy for gain, 8but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, #[1 Cor. 9:25]and disciplined. 9He must #[2 Thess. 2:13, 15]; See 1 Tim. 1:15; 2 Tim. 1:13 hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in #See 1 Tim. 1:10sound#1:9 Or healthy; also verse 13 doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.
10For there are many who are insubordinate, #1 Tim. 1:6 empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of #See Acts 11:2the circumcision party.#1:10 Or especially those of the circumcision 11They must be silenced, since #[2 Tim. 3:6] they are upsetting whole families by teaching #1 Tim. 6:5; 2 Pet. 2:3for shameful gain what they ought not to teach. 12#[Acts 17:28]One of the Cretans,#1:12 Greek One of them a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”#1:12 Probably from Epimenides of Crete 13This testimony is true. Therefore #ch. 2:15; 1 Tim. 5:20 rebuke them #2 Cor. 13:10 sharply, that they #ch. 2:1, 2may be sound in the faith, 14#See 1 Tim. 1:4 not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and #See Col. 2:22 the commands of people #See 1 Tim. 6:20who turn away from the truth. 15#[Luke 11:41; 1 Tim. 4:3]; See Acts 10:15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and #[Rom. 14:23] unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both #See 1 Tim. 6:5their minds and their consciences are defiled. 16#[1 John 2:4] They profess to know God, but they #See 1 Tim. 5:8 deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, #2 Tim. 3:8unfit for any good work.
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