The apostle, having directed Titus to ordain elders in every city, and described the character and qualifications of the persons he was to invest with that office in the church; also having laid open the bad character and evil practices of the Judaizing teachers and their disciples in Crete, and ord... [ Continue Reading ]
_The aged women likewise_ All of them in general, and not merely such as were employed by the church in teaching the young of their own sex the doctrines and precepts of Christianity; _that they be in behaviour_ Εν καταστηματι, _in their deportment_, including their dress, as the word implies; _as b... [ Continue Reading ]
_In all things_ In all these and other respects not here mentioned; _showing thyself a pattern of good works_ Of every thing amiable and excellent; of every disposition and practice which thou enjoinest to others. Titus himself was then young. _In doctrine_ Or in thy teaching, namely, in public; _un... [ Continue Reading ]
_Exhort servants_ See the notes on the passages referred to in the margin. _To please them_ Their masters; _well in all things_ Lawful, or wherein it can be done without sin; _not answering again_ Though blamed unjustly. This honest servants are most apt to do. _Not purloining_ Secretly stealing any... [ Continue Reading ]
_For the grace of God_ The free, unmerited favour of God, which is the primary meaning of the word grace, see on Romans 11:6, and the influence of the divine Spirit, which the word _grace_ also signifies; see 2 Corinthians 12:9; Hebrews 13:9; _which bringeth salvation_ The original expression, η χαρ... [ Continue Reading ]
_Looking_ With eager desire and lively expectation; _for the blessed hope_ That is, for the blessedness for which we hope; the grace of hope being here put for the object of it, future and eternal felicity. _And the glorious appearing_ Very different from his former appearance in a state of poverty,... [ Continue Reading ]
_These things_ Namely, concerning the universality of divine grace, and the excellent purposes for which it is given, the coming of Christ to judgment, the end for which he died during his first appearing on earth, and concerning the character of his people as zealous of good works; _speak and exhor... [ Continue Reading ]