Titus 1:16 ESV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Titus 1:6-16

The apostle here gives Titus directions about ordination, showing whom he should ordain, and whom not. I. Of those whom he should ordain. He points out their qualifications and virtues; such as respect their life and manners, and such as relate to their doctrine: the former in the Titus 1:6, 7, 8, and the latter in the Titus 1:9. 1. Their qualifications respecting their life and manners are, (1.) More general: If any be blameless; not absolutely without fault, so none are, for there is none... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Titus 1:13-16

1:13-16 For that very reason correct them with severity, that they may grow healthy in the faith and not pay attention to Jewish fables and to rules and regulations made by men who persist in turning their backs on the truth. "To the pure all things are pure." But to those who are defiled and who do not believe, nothing is pure, because their mind and conscience are defiled. They profess to know God, but they deny their profession by their deeds, because they are repulsive and... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Titus 1:13-16

When a man gets into this state of impurity, he may know God intellectually but his life is a denial of that knowledge. Three things are singled out here about such a man. (i) He is repulsive. The word (bdeluktos, Greek #947 ) is the word particularly used of heathen idols and images. It is the word from which the noun bdelugma ( Greek #946 ), an abomination, comes. There is something repulsive about a man with an obscene mind, who makes sniggering jests and is a master of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 1:16

They profess that they know God ,.... That there is a God; that there is but one, only, true, and living God, the God of Israel, as professed by the Jews; and that this God is Father, Son, and Spirit, as believed by the Christians: for the persons the apostle speaks of were judaizing Christians. Yet this knowledge was but notional; it lay in theory and profession only; they had not a spiritual experimental knowledge of God in Christ, which only has eternal life connected with it: but in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:16

They profess that they know God - He still speaks concerning the unbelieving Jews, the seducing teachers, and those who had been seduced by their bad doctrine. None were so full of pretensions to the knowledge of the true God as the Jews. They would not admit that any other people could have this knowledge; nor did they believe that God ever did or ever would reveal himself to any other people; they supposed that to give the law and the prophets to the Gentiles would be a profanation of the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:16

Verse 16 16They profess that they know God He treats those persons as they deserve; for hypocrites, who give their whole attention to minute observances, despise fearlessly what constitutes the chief part of the Christian life. The consequence is, that they display their vanity, while contempt of God is manifested in open crimes. And this is what Paul means; that they who wish to be seen abstaining from one kind of food — indulge in wantonness and rebellion, as if they had shaken of the yoke;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 1:1-16

The ministry of character. The pastoral Epistles, and this chapter in particular, bring prominently before us the Christian ministry as of commanding importance in the scheme of Christianity. Christianity, the sum and substance of Christian doctrine, was to be diffused among all nations; and the great instrument for maintaining it in efficiency and power was to be the ministry. But in describing the ministerial qualifications the apostle lays so much stress upon the personal character of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 1:15-16

The supreme importance of moral character. "Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure," etc. We notice, at the outset, two facts suggested by the passage. 1. That there is an essential difference in the moral characters of men. There are some "pure" and some " defiled, " some holy and some unholy. What is the underlying inspiring principle that makes this difference? The predominant disposition. Perhaps there is no moral... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 1:16

By their for in, A.V. They profess that they know God (comp. Romans 2:17-20 ). The arrogant claim to be God's people and to superior holiness, while all the while they were denying God by their evil deeds, and bringing dishonor upon his Name among the Gentiles, was a marked feature of the Jews in St. Paul's time. Abominable ( βδελυκτοὶ ); objects or causes of disgust ; only here in the New Testament, but found in the LXX . But βδέλυγμα and βδελύσσομαι are not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 1:16

The great contradiction. The apostle here describes their moral deficiency. "They confess that they know God, but in works they deny him." I. THEY WERE MERE PROFESSORS OF RELIGION , POSSESSING ITS FORM BUT DENYING ITS POWER . 1. Their knowledge of God was purely theoretical or speculative, but they were practical atheists. 2. Hypocrites often profess great knowledge of God. 3. Even in apostolic times the communion of the Church was... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Titus 1:6-16

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Titus 1:13-16

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Titus 1:13-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 1:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 1:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 1:15-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 1:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 1:16

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