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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 3:14

And let ours also learn to maintain good works ,.... By which are not only meant honest trades, as some choose to render the words: it is true, that a trade is a work; and an honest lawful employment of life is a good work; and which ought to be maintained, attended to, and followed, and to be learnt, in order to be followed. The Jews say, that he that does not teach his son a trade, it is all one as if he taught him to rob or steal; hence their doctors were brought up to trades; See Gill on... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 3:15

All that are with me salute thee ,.... All the apostles, fellow labourers, and the ministers of the Gospel that were with him; and all the members of the church where he was, sent their Christian salutation to Titus; he being a person greatly esteemed, and whose praise was in all the churches: greet them that love us in the faith ; not merely as men, as their countrymen, as related to them in the flesh; or on account of any external things, but as believers; because of the doctrine of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 3:1

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities, etc. - By principalities, αρχαις , we are to understand the Roman emperors, or the supreme civil powers in any place. By powers, εξουσιαις , we are to understand the deputies of the emperors, such as proconsuls, etc., and all such as are in authority - under the supreme powers wherever we dwell. See the doctrine of obedience to the civil powers discussed at large in the notes on Romans 13:1-7 . This doctrine of obedience to the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 3:2

To speak evil of no man - Μηδενα βλασφημειν· To blaspheme no person, to reproach none, to speak nothing to any man's injury; but, on the contrary, bearing reproach and contumely with patience and meekness. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 3:3

For we ourselves - All of us, whether Jews or Gentiles, were, before our conversion to Christ, foolish, disobedient, and deceived. There is no doubt that the apostle felt he could include himself in the above list, previously to his conversion. The manner in which he persecuted the Christians, to whose charge he could not lay one moral evil, is a sufficient proof that, though he walked according to the letter of the law, as to its ordinances and ceremonies, blameless, yet his heart was in a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 3:4

But after that the kindness and love of God - By χρηστοτης we may understand the essential goodness of the Divine nature; that which is the spring whence all kindness, mercy, and beneficence proceed. Love toward man - Φιλανθρωπια· Philanthropy. It is to be regretted that this attribute of the Divine nature, as it stands in relation to man, should have been entirely lost by a paraphrastical translation. Philanthropy is a character which God gives here to himself; while human nature... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 3:5

Not by works of righteousness - Those who were foolish, disobedient, and deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, could not possibly have works of righteousness to plead; therefore, if saved at all, they must be saved by mercy. See the note on Ephesians 2:8 ; and see a discourse entitled, Salvation by Faith proved, 8vo., 1816, in which I have examined every system invented by man for his restoration to the Divine favor and image: and have demonstrated, by mere reason, their utter... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 3:6

Which he shed on us abundantly - Οὑ εξεχεεν· Which he poured out on us, as the water was poured out on them in baptism, to which there is here a manifest allusion; but as this was sometimes only sprinkled on the person, the heavenly gift was poured out, not in drops, but πλουσιως , richly, in great abundance. Through Jesus Christ - Baptism is nothing in itself; and there had been no outpouring of the Holy Spirit, had there been no saving and atoning Christ. Through him alone all... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 3:7

That, being justified by his grace - Being freed from sin; for the term justification is to be taken here as implying the whole work of the grace of Christ on the heart, in order to its preparation for eternal glory. Should be made heirs - The Gospel not only gave them the hope of an endless state of glory for their souls, but also of the resurrection and final glorification of their bodies; and they who were children of God were to be made heirs of his glory. See the note on Galatians... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 3:8

This is a faithful saying - Πιστος ὁ λογος· This is the true doctrine; the doctrine that cannot fail. And these things I will - Και περι τουτων βουλομαι σε διαβεβαιουσθαι· And I will, or desire, thee to maintain earnestly what concerns these points. The things to which the apostle refers are those of which he had just been writing, and may be thus summed up: - The ruined state of man, both in soul and body. The infinite goodness of God which devised his salvation. The... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 3:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 3:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 3:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 3:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 3:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 3:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 3:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 3:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 3:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 3:8

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