Titus 2:10 - Exposition

Purloining ( νοσφιζομένους ); literally, separating for their own use what does not belong to them. So Acts 5:2 , Acts 5:3 , " to keep back part." It is used in the same sense by the LXX . Joshua 7:1 of Achan, and 2Ma 4:32 of Menelaus, and occasionally in classical Greek (Xenophon, Polybius, etc.). Showing ( ἐνδεικνυμένους ) . It occurs eleven times in the New Testament, viz. twice in Hebrews, and nine times in St. Paul's acknowledged Epistles. All good fidelity . All fidelity means fidelity in everything where fidelity is required in a faithful servant—care of his master's property, conscientious labor, keeping of time, acting behind his master's back the same as before his face. The singular addition ἀγαθήν , coming after ἐνδεικνυμένους , must mean, as Bengel says, "in all good things." The duty of fidelity does not extend to crime or wrong-doing. The word "good" is like the addition in the oath of canonical obedience, "in all honest things," and is a necessary limitation to the preceding "all" (see Titus 3:1 , and note). The doctrine ( τὴν διδασκαλίον ) as in verse 1 (where see note). In Titus 1:9 (where see note) ἡ διδαχή is used in the same way. This use of διδασκαλία is confirmed by the reading of the R.T., which inserts a second τήν before τοῦ σωτῆρος . Adorn the doctrine. The sentiment is the same as that in 1 Peter 2:12 ; 1 Peter 4:11 . Christians are exhorted to give glory to God, and support and honor to the gospel of God's grace, by their good works and holy lives. God our Savior (see 1 Timothy 1:1 ; 1 Timothy 2:3 ; 1 Timothy 4:10 ; and above, Titus 1:3 , note). In all things ( ἐν πᾶσιν ); as 1 Peter 4:11 .