Titus 1:5-7 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Titus 1:5

Here is the end expressed, I. More generally: For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldst set in order the things that are wanting. This was the business of evangelists (in which office Titus was), to water where the apostles had planted (1 Cor. 3:6), furthering and finishing what they had begun; so much epidiorthoun imports, to order after another. Titus was to go on in settling what the apostle himself had not time for, in his short stay there. Observe, 1. The apostle's great... read more

Matthew Henry

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 1:5-7

1:5-7a The reason why I left you in Crete was that any deficiencies in the organization of the Church should be rectified, and that you might appoint elders in each city as I instructed you. An elder is a man whose conduct must be beyond reproach, the husband of one wife, with children who are also believers, who cannot be accused of profligacy, and who are not undisciplined. For he who oversees the Church of God must be beyond reproach, as befits a steward of God. We have already studied... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Titus 1:7

1:7b He must not be obstinately self-willed; he must not be an angry man; he must not be given to drunken and outrageous conduct; he must not be a man ready to come to blows; he must not be a seeker of gain in disgraceful ways. Here is a summary of the qualities from which the elder of the Church must be free; and every one is described in a vivid word. (i) He must not be obstinately self-willed. The Greek is authades ( Greek #829 ), which literally means pleasing himself. The man... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 1:5

For this cause left I thee in Crete ,.... Not in his voyage to Rome, Acts 27:7 but rather when he came from Macedonia into Greece, Acts 20:2 . Crete is an island in the Mediterranean sea, now called Candy; See Gill on Acts 2:11 . Here Paul preached the Gospel to the conversion of many; but not having time to finish what he begun, left Titus here for that purpose: that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting ; that is, form the young converts into Gospel order, into... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 1:6

If any be blameless ,.... In his outward life and conversation, not chargeable with any notorious crime; See Gill on 1 Timothy 3:2 , the husband of one wife ; See Gill on 1 Timothy 3:2 , having faithful children ; legitimate ones, born in lawful wedlock, in the same sense as such are called godly and holy, in Malachi 2:15 1 Corinthians 7:14 for by faithful children cannot be meant converted ones, or true believers in Christ; for it is not in the power of men to make their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 1:7

For a bishop must be blameless ,.... This shows that a bishop and an elder is the same; and the Syriac version here renders it, "an elder"; the character or qualification necessary to him is the same as before, and in like manner to be understood; unless it should more particularly refer to his faithfulness in the discharge of his office: since it follows, as the steward of God ; one appointed by God over his household and family, the church, to give to everyone their portion of meat in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:5

For this cause left I thee in Crete - That St. Paul had been in Crete, though nowhere else intimated, is clear from this passage. That he could not have made such an important visit, and evangelized an island of the first consequence, without its being mentioned by his historian, Luke, had it happened during the period embraced in the Acts of the Apostles, must be evident. That the journey, therefore, must have been performed after the time in which St. Luke ends his history, that is, after... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:6

If any be blameless - See the notes on 1 Timothy 3:2 , etc. Having faithful children - Whose family is converted to God. It would have been absurd to employ a man to govern the Church whose children were not in subjection to himself; for it is an apostolic maxim, that he who cannot rule his own house, cannot rule the Church of God; 1 Timothy 3:5 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:7

Not self-willed - Μη αυθαδη· Not one who is determined to have his own way in every thing; setting up his own judgment to that of all others; expecting all to pay homage to his understanding. Such a governor in the Church of God can do little good, and may do much mischief. Not soon angry - Μη οργιλον· Not a choleric man; one who is irritable; who is apt to be inflamed on every opposition; one who has not proper command over his own temper. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Titus 1:5

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

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Titus 1:5-7

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Titus 1:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 1:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 1:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Titus 1:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Titus 1:7

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