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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Titus 1:10-16

The False Teachers Characterized and the Question of How to Deal with Them Discussed. v. 10. For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision, v. 11. whose mouths must be stopped; who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. v. 12. One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, the Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. v. 13. This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Titus 1:5-16

IIDirections in respect to the Selection of Superintendents in the Church, enforced by a reference to local necessities and circumstancesTitus 1:5-165For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in [further bring into] 4 order the things that are wanting [defective], and ordain [appoint] elders 6in every city, as I had appointed [as I prescribed to] thee: If any [one] be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, [who are] not accused of riot [debauchery], or... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Titus 1:10-16

Reprove Those Whose Works Deny God Titus 1:10-16 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 diverting his converts from the simplicity of the faith. Their motive in many cases was very largely self-aggrandizement. Such men were to be resisted to the uttermost and sharply rebuked. Where the work of grace is really commenced in the heart, a sharp rebuke will often turn the soul back to... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Titus 1:1-16

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, amid peculiar circumstances; his mission was to set the church in order. Therefore the apostle enjoined him to appoint elders. He defined the function of the elder as that of the steward of God, and showed that the function would be fulfilled by loyalty to "the faithful word which is according... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Titus 1:1-16

The Epistle to Titus Titus 1:1-16 and Titus 2:1-15 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 young man whom Paul left in Crete for the fulfillment of a definite spiritual task for his Master. Titus had found anything else than smooth sailing. Difficulties had beset him on every hand. 1. The people among whom Titus labored. In chapter 1, Titus 1:12 , we read that "The Cretians are always... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:5-16

SECTION 1. Titus Must Set The Churches of Crete On The Right Path In the Light Of the False Teachers Who Are There (Titus 1:5 to Titus 2:8 ). In this section Titus learns that he must appoint elders, ensure that the church receive sound doctrine, warn them against false teaching, and require of them true Christian living. The fact that elders needed to be appointed points to a church which was growing throughout the island. Overall Analysis a Titus is to set things in order and appoint... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:10-16

The Reason Why He Needs To Be Such A Paragon Is Because Of The False Teaching That He Will Have To Deal With (Titus 1:10-16 ). We are now given a picture of the false teachers whom Titus has been sent to combat, not by disputing with them, but by leading the true believers into righteous thinking and living. Analysis. a For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision, whose mouths must be stopped. Men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:16

‘They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.’ These people profess that they know God (they have a form of godliness - 2 Timothy 3:5) but by their works they deny Him. They do not let their light shine before men so that they may see their good works and glorify their Father who is in Heaven (Matthew 5:16). Rather they are abominable (loathsome, to the Jews it was a word connected with idolatry, and... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:10-16

Titus 1:10-Nehemiah : . 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 reject its discipline (“ unruly” = insubordinate). These men, exemplifying Epimenides’ judgment ( 600 B.C.) of the Cretan character, teach error for monetary profit ( cf. 1 Timothy 6:5). Chiefly, and therefore not wholly, of Jewish origin ( Titus 1:10), they base their... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Titus 1:16

They profess that they know God; he is speaking of the Jews, who (all of them) professed to know and to believe one living and true God. But in works they deny him; but they lived like atheists, as if there were no God in the world, Romans 2:17-24. Being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate; they are persons justly to be abominated of all good men, απειθεις, unbelieving in the gospel, disobedient to the rule of the law, and awkward to, and averse from, any good work. read more

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Titus 1:10-16

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Titus 1:5-16

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Titus 1:10-16

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Titus 1:1-16

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Titus 1:1-16

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:5-16

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:10-16

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:16

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:10-16

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Titus 1:16

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