提多書 3:2-3 CUNPTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 3:1-2

Subjection to the state. Society has reached no ideal perfection in government, nor has God himself laid down any outward form as an ideal. All nations are justified in variety of choice. There has been government by judges, and governments monarchical, republican, autocratic, and constitutional. All that we need to notice is that society needs to be governed. Lawlessness always ends in anarchy, misery, and desolation. I. LEARN SUBJECTION TO THE STATE . This is beautiful.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 3:1-3

Duty. "Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers," etc. "Very careful," says Dean Spence, "and searching have been the apostle's charges to Titus respecting the teachers of the Church, their doctrine and their life; very particular have been his directions, his warnings and exhortations, to men and women of different ages, on the subject of their home life. But with the exception of a slight digression, in the case of a slave to a pagan master, his words had been... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 3:1-7

Mercy begetting mercy. The practical lessons of the gospel were not exhausted in the preceding chapter, nor the motives which urge believers to godliness. The call to holiness in the last chapter was based upon the holy character of God's saving grace and the purpose of Christ's redeeming love. In these verses the grace and love of God are still the basis of the exhortation, but it takes its peculiar coloring from the thought of what we were ourselves. Tenderness, indulgence, and meekness... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 3:2

Not to be contentious for to be no brawlers, A.V.; to be for but, A.V.; toward for unto, A.V. To speak evil of no man ( μηδένα βλασφημεῖν ) . Probably especially pointed in the first place at a natural tendency of oppressed Christians to speak evil of their rulers ( 2 Peter 2:10 ; Jud 10), but extended into a general precept which might be especially needful for the rough and turbulent Cretans. Not to be contentious ( ἀμάχους εἴναι ); as 1 Timothy 3:3 , note. To... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 3:2

The right deportment of Christians toward all men. It is described first negatively, then positively. I. THEY MUST NOT BE REVILERS . "To speak evil of no man." 1. What evils spring from the wrong use of the tongue! "It is an unruly evil" ( James 3:8 ). 2. If the evil we speak of others is false, we are slanderers; if it is true, we sin against charity. It usually betokens a malignant spirit. 3. It is to forget the example of Christ— "who, when he was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 3:3

We for we ourselves, A.V.; afore-time for sometimes, A.V.; hating for and hating, A.V. Foolish ( ἀνόητοι ); a Pauline word ( Galatians 3:1 , Galatians 3:3 ), found also in Luke 24:25 (see 1 Timothy 6:9 ); of frequent use in classical Greek. Disobedient ( ἀπειθεῖς ); as Titus 1:16 . In Luke 1:17 it stands, as here, absolutely, meaning disobedient to God and his Law. Deceived ( πλανώμενοι ); led astray, made to wander from the path of troth and right,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 3:3

An humiliating retrospect. The apostle adds, as a reason for the duties first specified, that "we also," including himself with the Gentile Christians, were once in a similar condition to the heathen, and had received mercy. It is a dark picture of men in their natural state, proceeding from a description of the inward source to the outward facts of this evil life. I. HUMAN NATURE DEPICTED AS TO ITS MORE INWARD CHARACTER . "For we ourselves" were once foolish. 1. ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Titus 3:2

To speak evil of no man - Greek, “to blaspheme (βλασφημεῖν blasphēmein, compare the notes at Matthew 9:3) no one.” Doddridge renders it, “calumniate no one.” The idea is, that we are not to slander, revile, or defame anyone. We are not to say anything to anyone, or of anyone, which will do him injury. We are never to utter anything which we know to be false about him or to give such a coloring to his words or conduct as to do him wrong in any way. We should always so speak to him and of him... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Titus 3:3

For we ourselves - We who are Christians. There is no reason for supposing, as Benson does, that this is to be understood as confined to Paul himself. There are some things mentioned here which were not probably true of him before his conversion, and the connection does not require us to suppose that he referred particularly to himself. He is stating a reason why those to whom Titus was appointed to preach should be urged to lead holy lives, and especially to manifest a spirit of order, peace,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Titus 3:1-3

Titus 3:1-3. Put them. All the Cretian Christians; in mind to be subject Passively, not resisting; to principalities Supreme rulers; and powers Subordinate governors; and to obey magistrates Actively, as far as conscience permits. It is probable that the reason whey the apostle enjoined this so particularly was, because the Judaizing teachers in Crete affirmed, that no obedience was due from the worshippers of the true God to magistrates who were idolaters, and because by that... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 3:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 3:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 3:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 3:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 3:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 3:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 3:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Titus 3:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Titus 3:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Titus 3:1-3

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