Titus 3:1,2
1, 2. THE ATTITUDE OF CHRISTIANS TO THEIR HEATHEN NEIGHBOURS AND RULERS... [ Continue Reading ]
1, 2. THE ATTITUDE OF CHRISTIANS TO THEIR HEATHEN NEIGHBOURS AND RULERS... [ Continue Reading ]
The rec. text inserts καὶ between ἀρχαῖς and ἐξουσίαις, on the authority of D2cE**KLP, most other MSS., and a general consensus of versions and Fathers. It is omitted by modern editors, chiefly because of the lack of uncial evidence, it not being found in אACD2* EG 17 or g. 1. ὙΠΟΜΊΜΝΗΣΚΕ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΎΣ.... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΡΑΥ̓̀ΤΗΤΑ. This is the orthography of ACP (see crit. note on 2 Timothy 2:25); the spelling of the rec. text πραότητα is supported here by אcD2EGKL &c. 2. ΜΗΔΈΝΑ ΒΛΑΣΦΗΜΕΙ͂Ν, _to speak ill of no man_ (cp. Jude 1:8); not an easy precept to observe, if we are surrounded by persons whose principles of... [ Continue Reading ]
ἯΜΕΝ ΓΆΡ ΠΟΤΕ ΚΑῚ ἩΜΕΙ͂Σ Κ.Τ.Λ. _For we ourselves were once_ &c. Before we became Christians we were even as these very heathen. ἈΝΌΗΤΟΙ, _foolish_, senseless; cp. Galatians 3:1. ἈΠΕΙΘΕΙ͂Σ, _disobedient_, sc. to God. There is a general parallelism between the evil qualities enumerated in this vers... [ Continue Reading ]
WE HAVE NO REASON FOR PRIDE, BUT RATHER FOR THANKFULNESS... [ Continue Reading ]
ὍΤΕ ΔῈ Ἡ ΧΡΗΣΤΌΤΗΣ ΚΑῚ Ἡ ΦΙΛΑΝΘΡΩΠΊΑ ἘΠΕΦΆΝΗ ΤΟΥ͂ ΣΩΤΗ͂ΡΟΣ ἩΜΩ͂Ν ΘΕΟΥ͂. _But when the kindness of our Saviour God and His love toward man appeared_, sc. at the Advent of Christ (cp. John 3:16). Thus Titus 3:4-8 are appointed as the Evening Second Lesson for Christmas Day. The combination of χρηστότ... [ Continue Reading ]
Ἅ. This reading is guaranteed by the majority of the uncials, viz. אAC*D2*G, and by 17; the rec. text has ὦν, an obvious correction, with CbD2cEKLP and many cursives and Fathers. ΤῸ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂ ἜΛΕΟΣ. So אRevelation 17 and the preponderance of patristic testimony; instead of the neuter, the rec. text h... [ Continue Reading ]
ΟΥ̓͂ ἘΞΈΧΕΕΝ ἘΦʼ ἩΜΑ͂Σ ΠΛΟΥΣΊΩΣ, _which_, sc. the Holy Spirit, _He_, sc. God the Father, the subject of the whole sentence, _poured out upon us richly_. By the ordinary rules of attraction, οὖ is attracted into the case of the immediately preceding genitive, to which it refers. The verb ἐκχέειν is... [ Continue Reading ]
ΓΕΝΗΘΩ͂ΜΕΝ. This is the reading of א*ACD2*GP 17 &c.; the rec. text has γενώμεθα with אcD2cEKL and the majority of cursives. 7. ἽΝΑ ΔΙΚΑΙΩΘΈΝΤΕΣ ΤΗ͂Ι ἘΚΕΊΝΟΥ ΧΆΡΙΤΙ, _in order that, having been justified by His grace_ &c. The ἵνα has its full _telic_ force; this heirship now spoken of is the final p... [ Continue Reading ]
FINAL INJUNCTIONS. (_a_) MAINTAIN GOOD WORKS... [ Continue Reading ]
ΘΕΩ͂Ι. The rec. text, following the majority of the cursives, prefixes τῷ; but all the uncials omit it. ΚΑΛΆ. The rec. text, following D2cEKLP, prefixes τά; but it is not found in אACD2*G and a considerable number of cursives. 8. ΠΙΣΤῸΣ Ὁ ΛΌΓΟΣ. The ‘faithful saying’ in question is certainly to be... [ Continue Reading ]
ἜΡΕΙΣ. So אcACKLP and all the versions (except the Aethiopic); but the rec. text has ἔριν with א*D2EG _aeth_. See critical note on 1 Timothy 6:4. 9. (_b_) AVOID CONTROVERSY 9. ΜΩΡᾺΣ ΔῈ ΖΗΤΉΣΕΙΣ ΚΑῚ ΓΕΝΕΑΛΟΓΊΑΣ ΚΑῚ ἜΡΕΙΣ ΚΑῚ ΜΆΧΑΣ ΝΟΜΙΚᾺΣ ΠΕΡΙΊΣΤΑΣΟ, _but shun foolish questions and genealogies and... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑῚ ΔΕΥΤΈΡΑΝ ΝΟΥΘΕΣΊΑΝ. This, the rec. reading, is supported by אACKLP and the great majority of MSS. and versions, and is indubitably the primitive reading; but the variants (νουθεσίαν καὶ [ἣ] δευτέραν D2cG g, and νουθεσίαν καὶ δύο D2*E d e) are curious, and point to early corruption. The various r... [ Continue Reading ]
10, 11. (_c_) SHUN OBSTINATE HERETICS... [ Continue Reading ]
ΕἸΔῺΣ ὍΤΙ ἘΞΈΣΤΡΑΠΤΑΙ Ὁ ΤΟΙΟΥ͂ΤΟΣ. _Knowing_, as you do, _that such an one is perverted_. ἐκστρέφεσθαι does not occur again in the N.T., but cp. Deuteronomy 32:20; Amos 6:12. The use of τοιοῦτος is thoroughly Pauline; cp. 1 Corinthians 5:5; 2 Corinthians 2:6; Galatians 6:1. ΚΑῚ ἉΜΑΡΤΆΝΕΙ ὬΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΚ... [ Continue Reading ]
ὍΤΑΝ ΠΈΜΨΩ ἈΡΤΕΜΑ͂Ν ΠΡῸΣ ΣῈ Ἢ ΤΥΧΙΚΌΝ. _Whenever I shall have sent Artemas or Tychicus to thee_, sc. probably to supply the place of the Chief Pastor of Crete during the absence of Titus. We learn from 2 Timothy 4:12 that, at a later date, Tychicus, who was a trusted friend of the Apostle, was sent... [ Continue Reading ]
12, 13. INVITATION. COME TO ME TO NICOPOLIS: SPEED ON THEIR JOURNEY ZENAS AND APOLLOS... [ Continue Reading ]
ἈΠΟΛΛΏ. This, the rec. spelling, has the authority of CD2*cEH** KLP d e f, and is adopted by Tregelles and Lachmann; Tischendorf and WH print Ἀπολλών with אD2bH* (cp. 1 Corinthians 4:6). ΛΕΊΠΗ. So ACD2cEGLP &c. (with the rec. text), followed by Tregelles, Lachmann and WH; Tischendorf prefers λίπη w... [ Continue Reading ]
FINAL CHARGE TO THE CHRISTIANS AT CRETE 14. ΜΑΝΘΑΝΈΤΩΣΑΝ ΔῈ ΚΑῚ ΟἹ ἩΜΈΤΕΡΟΙ ΚΑΛΩ͂Ν ἝΡΓΩΝ ΠΡΟῙ̓ΣΤΑΣΘΑΙ. _And let our people also_, sc. the Christian brethren at Crete, _learn to maintain good works_. Although the letter is primarily for Titus, yet it also has words of counsel for his flock. Probably... [ Continue Reading ]
The rec. text adds at the end ἀμήν with the great bulk of manuscripts and versions, and the Greek Fathers; but Tischendorf, Tregelles and WH omit it with the important group א*ACD2* 17 d and the Latin Fathers. The subscription printed in the rec. text is: Πρὸς Τίτον, τῆς Κρητῶν ἐκκλησίας πρῶτον ἐπ... [ Continue Reading ]