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TITUS 1:11 ca,rin
After ca,rin the trilingual manuscript 460 (see also the comment on
ver. 9) adds ta. te,kna oi` tou.j ivdi,ouj gonei/j u`bri,zontej h'
tu,ptonej evpisto,mize kai. e;legce kai. nouqe...
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Verse 11. _WHOSE MOUTHS MUST BE STOPPED_] Unmask them at once; exhibit
them to the people; make manifest their ignorance and hypocrisy; and
let them be confounded before the people whom they are endea...
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WHOSE MOUTHS MUST BE STOPPED - The word here rendered stopped -
ἐπιστομιζειν epistomizein - occurs nowhere else in the
New Testament. It means, properly, to check, or curb, as with a
bridle; to restr...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. The salutation (Titus 1:1)_
2. Instructions concerning elders (Titus 1:5)
3. Warnings against false teachers (Titus 1:10)...
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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
r...
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THE MAINSPRINGS OF APOSTLESHIP (Titus 1:1-4)...
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For there are many who are undisciplined, empty talkers, deceivers.
Those of the circumcision are especially so. They must be muzzled.
They are the kind of people who upset whole households, by teachi...
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MOUTHS... STOPPED. Greek. _epistomizo_. Only here.
SUBVERT. overthrow. Greek. anatrepo. Only here and 2 Timothy 2:18.
HOUSES = households. Greek. _oikos_. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of
Subject). A...
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_whose mouths must be stopped_ The verb is so used in classical Greek
often; the -stopping" must have reference to the -convict" of Titus
1:9; Titus 1:13. Compare the use of -to muzzle" in the Gospels...
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THE HERETICAL TEACHERS AND TITUS’ DUTY IN REGARD TO THEM...
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After χάριν the cursive 109 inserts the gloss τὰ τέκνα
οἱ τοὺς ἱδίους γονεῖς ὑβρίζοντες ἥ
τύπτοντες ἐπιστόμιζε καὶ ἔλεγχε καὶ
νουθέτει ὡς πατὴρ τέκνα, which has no apparent
relation to the context. It...
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THE DESCRIPTION AND REFUTATION OF FALSE TEACHERS Titus 1:10-16.
_TEXT 1:10-16_
10 For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers,
specially they of the circumcision, 11 whose mouths must...
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Whose mouths must be stopped, —-literally, "muzzled," or "bridled"
as an unruly beast. It was necessary for Titus to stop the false
teachers. Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put...
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Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching
things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
MONTHS MUST BE STOPPED, [ epistomizein (G1993)] - 'muzzled,'
'bridled' as an un...
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1 Paul writes this letter in the character of a slave. This shows that
the epistle deals with service. He adds the title apostle, to give
weight to his injunctions.
2 Eonian life, usually called "eve...
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GREETING. DIRECTIONS FOR ORGANISING THE CRETAN CHURCH
1-16. 'Paul an Apostle, to Titus his own son in the faith. In
appointing elders in the towns of Crete, see to their character, and
be sure that t...
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A GUIDE FOR CHRISTIAN LEADERS
TITUS
_HILDA BRIGHT AND HELEN POCOCK_
ABOUT THIS LETTER
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT TITUS
Titus was a *Gentile Christian (Galatians 2:3). Titus had probably
become a Christi...
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(11)WHOSE MOUTHS MUST BE STOPPED, WHO SUBVERT WHOLE HOUSES. — The
translation should run here, _seeing they subvert, &c._ There was,
indeed, grave cause why these men should be put to silence; the
mis...
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I have just mentioned rebuke as a necessary element in a presbyter's
teaching. This is especially needful in dealing with Cretan heretics,
in whom the Jewish strain is disagreeably prominent. Alike in...
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οὓς δεῖ ἐπιστομίζειν : _quos oportet redargui,
whose mouths must be stopped_ by the unanswerable arguments of the
orthodox controversialist. This is the result hoped for from the
“conviction,” of Titu...
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REPROVE THOSE WHOSE WORKS DENY GOD
Titus 1:10
The Judaizing teachers, who insisted that men must become Jews before
they could be Christians, were always on Paul's heels, visiting his
churches and di...
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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,...
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SILENCE THE FALSE TEACHERS
Elders must be able to silence, as when wind instruments cease to
play, such false teachings (Titus 1:11). To stop them, they may answer
them or deny them the pulpit, or bot...
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_Whole houses. [8]]_
[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
Universas domos, _Greek: olous oikous._...
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(4) To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and
peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. (5)
В¶ For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest s...
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The epistle to Titus has much in common with those to Timothy, as all
must observe; not only as being addressed to a fellow-servant, and
indeed a son in the faith, but in general similarity of charact...
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11_Whose mouth must be stopped _A good pastor ought therefore to be on
the watch, so as not to give silent permission to wicked and dangerous
doctrines to make gradual progress, or to allow wicked men...
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The Epistle to Titus is occupied with the maintenance of order in the
churches of God.
The especial object of those written to Timothy as the maintenance of
sound doctrine, although speaking of other...
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WHOSE MOUTHS MUST BE STOPPED,.... Or they be silenced, by reasons and
arguments fetched out of the word of God; as were the Sadducees and
Pharisees by Christ, so that they durst ask him no more questi...
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Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching
things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
Ver. 11. _Whose mouths must be stopped_] Gr. επιστομιζειν,
muzzled, as bandogs a...
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_For there are many unruly_ Subject to no order; _and vain talkers_
Ματαιολογοι, persons who utter a multitude of foolish and
trifling things, especially concerning genealogies and fables; _and
deceiv...
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WHOSE MOUTHS MUST BE STOPPED; not by inquisitions or physical force,
but by sound argument and conclusive reasoning-by the power of truth.
SUBVERT; turn aside from the faith and practice of the gospe...
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WHOSE MOUTHS MUST BE STOPPED; WHO SUBVERT WHOLE HOUSES, TEACHING
THINGS WHICH THEY OUGHT NOT, FOR FILTHY LUCRE'S SAKE....
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THE FALSE TEACHERS CHARACTERIZED AND THE QUESTION OF HOW TO DEAL WITH
THEM DISCUSSED....
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Paul writes both as a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ,
so that in the epistle considerate care is mingled with firm
authority. His basis of writing is, first, the faith of God's elect;
t...
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10-16 False teachers are described. Faithful ministers must oppose
such in good time, that their folly being made manifest, they may go
no further They had a base end in what they did; serving a worl...
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WHOSE MOUTHS MUST BE STOPPED; the word is active; such ministers ought
to be placed in cities as shall be able and fit to stop such persons
mouths, by sound doctrine and arguments fit to convince them...
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Titus 1:11 whose G3739 mouths G1993 must G1163 (G5748) stopped G1993
(G5721) who G3748 subvert G396 ...
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Titus 1:11. STOPPED; literally, muzzled; best done by exposing them as
persons who ‘overturn entire houses,' _i.e._ families, through
anarchic doctrine subversive of domestic authority: probably lax
t...
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WHOSE MOUTHS MUST BE STOPPED
(ους δε επιστομιζειν). Literally, "whom it is
necessary to silence by stopping the mouth." Present active infinitive
επιστομιζειν, old and common verb (επ, στομα,
mouth...
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While reading this chapter, we must understand that Titus was sent to
Crete, to superintend the preaching of the gospel throughout that
island. Crete was at that time inhabited by a people who were on...
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CONTENTS: Divine order for local churches.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Titus.
CONCLUSION: Divine faith rests not on fallible reasonings and opinions
of men, but on the infallible Word of God, the...
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Titus 1:1. _Paul, a servant of God,_ and not a servant of Moses. This
style is much the same as in 2 Timothy 1:1, respecting the promise of
eternal life. This promise is _according to the faith of God...
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IT IS NECESSARY. These people must be stopped, not by persecution or
force, but using Truth to expose their error! This is the only safe
way to handle such a matter, _but it must be done in love!_ Of...
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_For __THERE_ _ARE_ _MANY_ _UNRULY_ _AND_ _VAIN_ _TALKERS_ _AND_
_DECEIVERS__--The conjunction “for” showeth that the words
following contain a reason of the matter preceding, viz._
, why the ministe...
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TITUS—NOTE ON TITUS 1:10 The Problem: False Teachers. The
description of the false teachers contrasts directly with the
descriptions of what the elders should be (vv. Titus 1:5).
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TITUS—NOTE ON TITUS 1:11 THEY MUST BE SILENCED. One responsibility
of church leaders is to stop false teaching when it arises in the
church. SHAMEFUL GAIN. These teachers are motivated by greed (compa...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Titus 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....
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EXPOSITION
TITUS 1:1
_Knowledge _for _acknowledging, _A.V.; _according to _for _after,
_A.V. A SERVANT OF GOD (δοῦλος Θεοῦ); so in the
superscriptions: Romans 1:1;...
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Vers. 10, 11. The apostle now, taking occasion from the last clause in
the preceding verse, proceeds to discourse of the peculiar character
of the adversaries whom the infant church in Crete had to co...
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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...
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1 Timothy 6:5; 2 Corinthians 11:10; 2 Peter 2:1; 2 Timothy 3:6;...
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Whose mouths must be stopped [ο υ ς δ ε ι ε π ι σ τ ο μ
ι ζ ε ι ν]. Lit. whom it is necessary to silence. Epistomizein,
N. T. o. o LXX Originally, to put something into the mouth, as a bit
into a hors...
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THE EPISTLE TO TITUS
Titus 1:1 _and Titus 2:1_
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 yo...
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Stopped — The word properly means, to put a bit into the mouth of an
unruly horse....