Titus 1:16 - Exposition

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 uncommon. Reprobate ( ἀδόκιμοι ); as 2 Timothy 3:8 (where see note). This picture of the circumcision is indeed sad.