Titus 1:7 - Exposition

The for a, A.V.: God ' s steward for the steward of God, A.V.; no brawler for not given to wine, A.V.; greedy of for given to, A.V. Blameless (see Titus 1:6 ). God's steward ( οἰκονόμον ); comp. 1 Corinthians 4:1 , 1 Corinthians 4:2 ; 1 Peter 4:10 . (For the office of the steward, see Luke 12:42 , Luke 12:43 .) Self-willed ( αὐθάδη ); elsewhere in the New Testament only in 2 Peter 2:10 ; in the LXX . Genesis 49:3 , Genesis 49:9 and Proverbs 21:24 ; and common in classical Greek. It is always used in a bad sense—stubborn, harsh, remorseless, and the like. Soon angry ( ὀργίλον ); only here in the New Testament, found occasionally in the LXX ., and common in classical Greek— passionate, quick-tempered, irascible (comp. Ephesians 4:31 ; Colossians 3:8 ). Brawler ( πάροινον ); see 1 Timothy 3:3 , note. Striker ( 1 Timothy 3:3 , note). Greedy of filthy lucre ( αἰσχροχερδῆ ) 1 Timothy 3:3 , 1 Timothy 3:8 , note.