Titus 3:9 - Exposition

Shun for avoid, A.V.; questionings for questions, A.V.; strifes for contentions, A.V.; fightings for strivings, A.V. Shun ( περάτασο ); see 2 Timothy 2:16 . Foolish questionings; as 2 Timothy 2:23 . Genealogies ; as 1 Timothy 1:4 . Strifes ( ἔρεις ); as 1 Timothy 6:4 . Fightings about the Law ( μάχας νομικάς ); such as St. Paul alludes to in 1 Timothy 1:1-20 ., and are probably included in the λογομαχίαι of 1 Timothy 6:4 . Unprofitable ( ἀνωφελεῖς ); only here and Hebrews 7:18 ; but it is found in the LXX . and other Greek Versions, and in classical Greek (compare, for the sense, 2 Timothy 2:14 ). Vain ( μάταιοι ); compare the use of ματαιολόγοι , "vain talkers" ( Titus 1:10 ), and ματαιολογία "vain talking" ( 1 Timothy 1:6 ). The whole picture is unmistakably one of the perverse Jewish mind.