Titus 1:12-13 WEB

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Titus 1:1-16

Titus is not mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles. From the letter we learn that he was a convert of the apostle. Moreover, we know that he was a Greek. This letter reached him while he was in Crete, amid peculiar circumstances; his mission was to set the church in order. Therefore the apostle enjoined him to appoint elders. He defined the function of the elder as that of the steward of God, and showed that the function would be fulfilled by loyalty to "the faithful word which is according... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Titus 1:1-16

The Epistle to Titus Titus 1:1-16 and Titus 2:1-15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Epistle of Paul to Titus carries with it some very striking "admonitions which will be found most helpful to us. Titus was a young man whom Paul left in Crete for the fulfillment of a definite spiritual task for his Master. Titus had found anything else than smooth sailing. Difficulties had beset him on every hand. 1. The people among whom Titus labored. In chapter 1, Titus 1:12 , we read that "The Cretians are always... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:5-16

SECTION 1. Titus Must Set The Churches of Crete On The Right Path In the Light Of the False Teachers Who Are There (Titus 1:5 to Titus 2:8 ). In this section Titus learns that he must appoint elders, ensure that the church receive sound doctrine, warn them against false teaching, and require of them true Christian living. The fact that elders needed to be appointed points to a church which was growing throughout the island. Overall Analysis a Titus is to set things in order and appoint... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:10-16

The Reason Why He Needs To Be Such A Paragon Is Because Of The False Teaching That He Will Have To Deal With (Titus 1:10-16 ). We are now given a picture of the false teachers whom Titus has been sent to combat, not by disputing with them, but by leading the true believers into righteous thinking and living. Analysis. a For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision, whose mouths must be stopped. Men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:13

‘This testimony is true. For which reason reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,’ Paul confirms his view that this testimony is in general true of Cretans, and therefore calls on Titus to reprove sharply (incisively) any who behave like this and call on believers to live as those who are sound in faith. The behaviour described in Titus 1:12 is not for Christians, and is contrary to all for which Christians stand. It is a reminder that we also should consider our national... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:10-16

Titus 1:10-Nehemiah : . Titus’ Attitude to False Teachers.— Loyalty to sound doctrine is needful for silencing many deceitful teachers— not outside the Church (Hort), but self-constituted instructors within its borders, who reject its discipline (“ unruly” = insubordinate). These men, exemplifying Epimenides’ judgment ( 600 B.C.) of the Cretan character, teach error for monetary profit ( cf. 1 Timothy 6:5). Chiefly, and therefore not wholly, of Jewish origin ( Titus 1:10), they base their... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Titus 1:12

One of themselves, even a prophet of their own; Epimenides, a Greek poet, thus spake of the people of this country, whom he calls a prophet, because he was a poet, and wrote something about such divine oracles as they had. Said, The Cretians are alway liars: the Cretians were famous for lying and falsehood, so as it became a proverb. He called them evil beasts, either for their cruelty or treachery. Slow bellies; a lazy, idle people, that had much more inclination to eat and drink than they had... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Titus 1:13

This witness is true; this testimony of Epimenides is true, what I have found by experience, and those of them that in profession have embraced the Christian faith may have some tincture of their nation’s vices. Wherefore rebuke them sharply; if thou meetest with any such, reprove or convince them αποτομως, cuttingly, that is, sharply, severely: the metaphor possibly is fetched from surgeons, who cut out dead flesh to the quick. That they may be sound in the faith; that they may be sound in the... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Titus 1:10-14

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESTitus 1:10. Vain talkers.—Men of aimless speech, which is devoid of any good result. Men whose speech tendeth to poverty. Deceivers.—The word, which is peculiar to St. Paul, and perhaps coined by him (see Galatians 6:3), brings out the idea of subjective fancies (Lightfoot).Titus 1:11. Whose mouths must be stopped.—The verb means “something must be put on their mouths”—they must be muzzled; but it afterwards came to mean, “to check speech.”Titus 1:12. A prophet of... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Titus 1:1-16

Not much is known about Titus. Paul makes slight references to him in the Corinthian epistles. Outside of that we know very little about Titus, except what we can pick up in the book. Evidently he was a convert of Paul, as was Timothy, because he calls him his "beloved son" as he did Timothy. He wrote his epistle to Titus at about the same time that he wrote the first epistle to Timothy. There is a similarity between the two epistles, in that in both of them Paul is establishing the order... read more

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Titus 1:1-16

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Titus 1:1-16

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:5-16

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:10-16

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:13

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:10-16

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Titus 1:12

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Titus 1:13

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Titus 1:10-14

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Titus 1:1-16

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