提多书 2:9-12 CUNPSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:9-10

Counsels to slaves. This Epistle was circulated in Asia Minor, where there were some eighty thousand slaves. "Exhort slaves, or bond-servants," etc. The gospel cured slavery, as it cured polygamy, by a slow and steady development of the doctrine and spirit of the cross—that we are all one in Christ Jesus, that we are not our own, and that we ought to love others even as ourselves. And no man would like to be a slave himself. I. OBEDIENCE . They were slaves, and they had masters.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:10

Purloining ( νοσφιζομένους ); literally, separating for their own use what does not belong to them. So Acts 5:2 , Acts 5:3 , " to keep back part." It is used in the same sense by the LXX . Joshua 7:1 of Achan, and 2Ma 4:32 of Menelaus, and occasionally in classical Greek (Xenophon, Polybius, etc.). Showing ( ἐνδεικνυμένους ) . It occurs eleven times in the New Testament, viz. twice in Hebrews, and nine times in St. Paul's acknowledged Epistles. All good fidelity .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:11

Hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men, for that bringeth salvation, hath appeared to all men, A.V. and T.R. Bringing salvation to all men ( σωτήριος ) . The R.T. omits the article ἡ before σωτήριος , which necessitates construing πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις with σωτήριος , "saving to all men" " bringing salvation to all men." With the article ἡ as in the T.R., it may be taken either way, but it is rather more natural to construe πᾶσιν ἀθρώποις with ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:11

Christ for every man. The gospel is universal. It knows nothing of race, or country, or clime. It is the grace of the Father to every child, it reveals the nature of God himself, which is love. I. HERE IS A QUESTION TO BE CONSIDERED . It is said by the apostle that it "has appeared unto all men." Is this so? Are there not multitudes ignorant of the gospel—multitudes who have never heard the joyful sound? Unquestionably. But for all that, it has appeared for all men, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:11-13

The grace of God the true ground of all sanctification. The apostle now sets forth the real foundation on which this exhortation to practical duty on the part of servants, and, indeed, of people of every age and sex, is based. I. THE GRACE OF GOD . "For the grace of God that bringeth salvation to all men hath appeared." 1. This grace is from God, as its eternal Fountain, from which it flows to men. 2. The nature of this grace. (a) The gift is worthy, for it is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:11-15

The soul-culture of the world. "For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men," etc. "Taking occasion from what he had just said of the connection between the conduct of Christians and the doctrine they professed to have received, and the connection of both with the glory of God, the apostle proceeds in these verses to ground the whole of his exhortations respecting the behavior of Christians in the essentially moral nature and design of the grace of God, as now... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:12

Instructing for teaching, A.V.; to the intent that for that, A.V.; and righteously for righteously, A.V. Instructing us, to the intent that . This is an unnecessary refinement. Huther is right in saying that the sentence beginning with ἵνα might have been expressed by the infinitive mood, as in 1 Timothy 1:20 , and that we ought to render it not "in order that," but simply "that." The phrase in 1 Timothy 1:20 , ἵνα παιδευθῶσι μὴ βλασφημεῖν , manifestly would... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:12

True self-denial. Here we see that the cross of Christ has its influence within ourselves as well as on the moral government of God. We are not left passive in a mere receptivity of blessing; we are actively to co-operate with the Spirit of God in working out our salvation. I. HERE IS SELF - DENIAL . But what are we to deny? Our better selves? No; we are to please our conscience, to satisfy our sense of moral order and beauty, to gratify the spiritual being. All depends,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Titus 2:9

Exhort servants to be obedient to their own masters - See this explained in the notes at Ephesians 6:5, following, and 1 Timothy 6:1-4.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 should be an object with one who is a servant, to meet the approbation of his master, as long as this relation continues. This rule would not, however, go to the extent to require him to please his... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Titus 2:10

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 embezzlement of public funds. Here it means that the servant was not to apply to his own use what belonged to his master; that is, was not to pilfer - a vice to which, as all know, servants, and... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:9-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:11-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:11-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Titus 2:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Titus 2:10

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