Titus 2:8 - Exposition

Us for you, A.V. and T.R. Sound speech ( λόγον ὑγιῆ ); still depending upon παρεχύμενος . Besides his personal qualities as a teacher, his speech, or doctrine, must be sound. The word, common of bodily health, is only here applied to speech or doctrine; the common phrase in the pastoral Epistles is ὑγιασινούση διδασκαλία , ὑγιαίνουσι λόγοις , and the like. That cannot be condemned ( ἀκατάγνωστον ); only here in the New Testament, once in 2Ma 4:27. This marks the care that the Christian teacher must take not to say anything in his teaching rash, or reprehensible, or that can give offence or cause the ministry to be blamed. May be ashamed ( ἐντραπῇ ). In the active voice ἐντρέπειν is "to put to shame" ( 1 Corinthians 4:14 ), and in classical Greek. In the middle voice ἐντρέπομαι , followed by a genitive of the person, or an accusative in later Greek, means to "respect, reverence" ( Matthew 21:37 ; Luke 18:2 , etc.). In the passive, as here and 2 Thessalonians 3:14 , it means "to be put to shame," "to be ashamed" (comp. Psalms 34:4 LXX ., 35:40. (Compare, for the sentiment, 1 Peter 2:15 ; 1 Peter 3:16 ; and note the frequent resemblances between the pastoral Epistles and those of St. Peter.) The shame of the detractors consists in their being put to silence, having nothing to say, being proved to be slanderers. No evil thing ( μηδὲν φαῦλον ); as James 3:16 ; John 3:20 ; John 5:29 . The word means " mean, worthless, paltry," and is hence synonymous with