In the previous chapter, the apostle had directed Titus what to do in the organization of churches in the various cities of Crete, and had put him on his guard in doing it, by showing the character of the people he had to deal with. In this chapter he gives him various instructions as to his own met... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT SPEAK THOU - In thine own ministry. In the previous chapter he had given him instructions as to the kind of persons who were to be put into the sacred office. Here he gives him special instructions in regard to his own preaching. “The things which become sound doctrine.” To wit, those which he p... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT THE AGED MEN - All aged men - for there is no reason to suppose that the apostle refers particularly to those who were in office, or who were technically elders, or Presbyters. If he had, he would have used the common word - πρεσβύτερος presbuteros - “presbyter” (see Matthew 15:2; Matthew 16:2... [ Continue Reading ]
THE AGED WOMEN LIKEWISE - Not only those who may have the office of deaconesses, but all aged females. THAT THEY BE IN BEHAVIOUR AS BECOMETH HOLINESS - Marg, “holy women.” The Greek word is not found elsewhere in the New Testament. It means appropriate to a sacred place or person, or becoming to re... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT THEY MAY TEACH THE YOUNG WOMEN TO BE SOBER - Margin, “wise” - a word similar to that which in Titus 2:2 is rendered “temperate,” and in 1 Timothy 3:2, “sober.” The meaning is, that they should instruct them to have their desires and passions well regulated, or under proper control. TO LOVE THEI... [ Continue Reading ]
TO BE DISCREET - The same word rendered, in Titus 2:2, “temperate,” and explained in Titus 2:4. CHASTE - Pure - in heart, and in life. KEEPERS AT HOME - That is, characteristically attentive to their domestic concerns, or to their duties in their families. A similar injunction is found in the prece... [ Continue Reading ]
YOUNG MEN LIKEWISE EXHORT TO BE SOBER-MINDED - Margin, “discreet.” On the meaning of the Greek word used here (σωφρονεῖν sōphronein), see the notes at Titus 2:2, Titus 2:4. The idea is, that they should be entreated to be prudent, discreet, serious in their deportment; to get the mastery over thei... [ Continue Reading ]
IN ALL THINGS SHOWING THYSELF A PATTERN OF GOOD WORKS - Not merely teaching others, but showing them by example how they ought to live. On the word rendered “pattern” (τύπον tupon, type), see the Hebrews 9:5 note; 1 Corinthians 10:6 note; Philippians 3:17 note. IN DOCTRINE - In your manner of teac... [ Continue Reading ]
SOUND SPEECH - Notes, 1 Timothy 1:10. He was to use language that would be spiritually “healthful” (ὑγιῆ hugiē); that is, true, pure, uncorrupted. - This word, and its correlatives, is used in this sense, in the New Testament, only by the apostle Paul. It is commonly applied to the body, meaning... [ Continue Reading ]
EXHORT SERVANTS TO BE OBEDIENT TO THEIR OWN MASTERS - See this explained in the notes at Ephesians 6:5, following, and 1 Timothy 6:1. AND TO PLEASE THEM WELL IN ALL THINGS - That is, so far as they lawfully may, or in those things which are not contrary to the will of God; compare Ephesians 6:6. It... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT PURLOINING - Not to appropriate to themselves what belongs to their masters. The word “purloin” means, literally, to take or carry away for oneself; and would be applied to an approbation to oneself of what pertained to a common stock, or what belonged to one in whose employ we are - as the embe... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE GRACE OF GOD - The favor of God, shown to the undeserving; see the notes at Romans 1:7. THAT BRINGETH SALVATION - Margin, to all men, hath appeared. That is, in the margin, “the grace which brings salvation to all men has been revealed.” The marginal reading is most in accordance with the Gr... [ Continue Reading ]
TEACHING US - That is, the “grace of God” so teaches us; or that system of religion which is a manifestation of the grace of God, inculcates the great and important duties which Paul proceeds to state. THAT DENYING UNGODLINESS AND WORLDLY LUSTS - “That by denying ourselves of these, or refusing to p... [ Continue Reading ]
LOOKING FOR - Expecting; waiting for. That is, in the faithful performance of our duties to ourselves, to our fellow-creatures, and to God, we are patiently to wait for the coming of our Lord. * We are to believe that he will return; * We are to be in a posture of expectation, not knowing when h... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO GAVE HIMSELF FOR US - See the notes at Ephesians 5:2. THAT HE MIGHT REDEEM US FROM ALL INIQUITY - The word here rendered “redeem” - λυτρόω lutroō, occurs only here and in Luk 24:21; 1 Peter 1:18. The noun, however - λύτρον lutron, occurs in Matthew 20:28; and Mark 10:45; where it is rendered... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE THINGS SPEAK AND EXHORT - Notes, 1 Timothy 6:2. AND REBUKE WITH ALL AUTHORITY - 1 Timothy 5:1, note, 20, note; 2 Timothy 4:2 note. The word “authority” here means command - ἐπιταγὴ epitagē; 1Co 7:6, 1 Corinthians 7:25; 2Co 8:8; 1 Timothy 1:1; Titus 1:3. The sen [ Continue Reading ]