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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 3:4

But after that ,.... After all this series and course of wickedness; notwithstanding all this foolishness, disobedience, deception, bondage to sin, envy, malice, and malignity; or "when" all this was, as the word may be rendered, amidst all this iniquity; when these persons were in the full career of sin, and so had done no preparatory works, or had any previous qualifications and dispositions for the grace of God: the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared ; unto them;... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 3:5

Not by works of righteousness which we have done ,.... The great instance of the kindness and love of God our Saviour is salvation; which the apostle denies that it is brought about by any works, even the best works of men; for "works of righteousness" are works done according to a righteous law, and in obedience to it; and in a righteous manner, from right principles of grace, in faith, and with a view to the glory of God; or otherwise they are not righteous actions, or works of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 3:6

Which he shed on us abundantly ,.... "Or richly"; either which love he shed abroad in the hearts of those whom he regenerated and renewed by his Spirit; or which water of regeneration, that is, grace, comparable to water, he plentifully shed, and caused to abound where sin had done; or rather whom, or which Holy Spirit, with his gifts and graces, such as faith, hope, and love, and every other, he poured forth in great abundance on them; see Isaiah 44:3 through Jesus Christ our Saviour ... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 3:7

That being justified by his grace ,.... This is another way and means, as well as regeneration, by which God saves his people; for he saves no unjustified ones; no unrighteous persons shall inherit the kingdom of heaven; such as are without the wedding garment, and robe of Christ's righteousness, shall be cast into outer darkness: whom God saves, he justifies by the righteousness of his Son; and whomsoever he justifies, them he saves. The justification here spoken of is a declarative one,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 3:8

This is a faithful saying ,.... Meaning the whole of what is before expressed, concerning the state and condition of God's elect by nature; the appearance of the love and kindness of God to them in the effectual calling; the salvation of them, according to the mercy of God, and not by works of righteousness; regeneration, and renovation by the Spirit of God, in which such an abundance of grace is communicated; and justification by the free grace of God, as God's way of salvation; and by... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 3:9

But avoid foolish questions ,.... Such as were started in the schools of the Jews; see 2 Timothy 2:23 and genealogies ; of their elders, Rabbins, and doctors, by whom their traditions are handed down from one to another, in fixing which they greatly laboured; see 1 Timothy 1:4 and contentions and strivings about the law; the rites and ceremonies of it, and about the sense of it, and its various precepts, as litigated in the schools of Hillell and Shammai, the one giving it one way,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 3:10

A man that is an heretic ,.... An heretic, according to the notation of the word, is either one that makes choice of an opinion upon his own judgment, contrary to the generally received sense of the churches of Christ, and prefers it to theirs, and obstinately persists in it; separates from them, forms a party, and sets himself at the head of them, whom he has drawn into the same way of thinking with himself: or he is one that removes and takes away a fundamental doctrine of Christianity,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 3:11

Knowing that he that is such is subverted ,.... Or overturned and demolished; he is like an edifice, that is not only decaying, and falling, but is entirely everted, and pulled down; so that there is no hopes of a restoration or recovery; he is in a desperate condition, having opposed the person, or office, or sacrifice of Christ; having either trodden the Son of God underfoot, or counted his blood common, or done despite unto the spirit of grace; in either of which cases there is no more... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 3:12

When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus ,.... These were both of them ministers of the Gospel; there is no mention of Artemas anywhere else; some say he was one of the seventy disciples, and that he was afterwards bishop of Lystra; but these are uncertain things; See Gill on Luke 10:1 ; the name is a contraction of Artemidorus. Tychicus is often spoken of; and a very great character is given of him by the apostle, in Ephesians 6:21 , be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis ... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 3:13

Bring Zenas the lawyer ,.... Whether he was brought up to the civil law, either among the Greeks or Romans, is not certain; it may be he was a Jewish lawyer, or scribe, an interpreter of Moses's law among the Jews; for with them a lawyer and a scribe were one and the same, as appears from Matthew 22:35 compared with Mark 12:28 and the Syriac version here calls him "a scribe", and the Ethiopic version "a scribe of the city"; which looks as if it was a civil office he bore; but however, be... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 3:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 3:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 3:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 3:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 3:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 3:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 3:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 3:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 3:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 3:13

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