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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Titus
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 22,715 words · 43 reading sections
Titus 1:1
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. Titus 1:1 INTRODUCTION TO THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO TITUS Titus, to whom this epistle is inscribed, was a Greek, an uncircumcised Gentile, and so remained; nor did the apostle circumcise him, as he did Timothy, when he became his companion; nor did the apostles at Jerusalem o…
2,014 wordsSECTION 2Titus 1:2
Titus 1:2 Ver. 2. In hope of eternal life,.... Or "for the hope of eternal life"; in order to bring souls to the hope of it. This is another end of the Gospel ministry, as to bring God's elect to faith in Christ, and to the knowledge and acknowledgement of the truth, as it is in Jesus, so to the hope of eternal glory …
406 wordsSECTION 3Titus 1:3
Titus 1:3 Ver. 3. But hath in due times manifested his word,.... Either Christ, his essential Word; or the word of truth, the Gospel of salvation; or rather his word of promise of eternal life in Christ Jesus: through preaching; through the ministry of the word by the apostles; in which Christ is revealed in the glor…
420 wordsSECTION 4Titus 1:4
Titus 1:4 Ver. 4. To Titus, mine own son after the common faith,.... Not in a natural, but in a spiritual sense; the apostle being the instrument of his conversion, as he was of the conversion of Onesimus, and of many of the Corinthians, and therefore is said to beget them, Phm 1:10 and so was their spiritual father, …
201 wordsSECTION 5Titus 1:5
Titus 1:5 Ver. 5. For this cause left I thee in Crete,.... Not in his voyage to Rome, Ac 27:7 but rather when he came from Macedonia into Greece, Ac 20:2. Crete is an island in the Mediterranean sea, now called Candy; See Gill on "Ac 2:11". Here Paul preached the Gospel to the conversion of many; but not having time t…
891 wordsSECTION 6Titus 1:6
Titus 1:6 Ver. 6. If any be blameless,.... In his outward life and conversation, not chargeable with any notorious crime; See Gill on "1Ti 3:2", the husband of one wife; See Gill on "1Ti 3:2": having faithful children; legitimate ones, born in lawful wedlock, in the same sense as such are called godly and holy, in M…
211 wordsSECTION 7Titus 1:7
Titus 1:7 Ver. 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 faithf…
418 wordsSECTION 8Titus 1:8
Titus 1:8 Ver. 8. But a lover of hospitality,.... See Gill on "1Ti 3:2" a lover of good men, or "of good"; the Syriac version renders it, "of good things"; as prayer, preaching, reading, meditation, spiritual conversation, and every religious exercise: or "of good men"; for such an elder or bishop has chiefly to do a…
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Titus 1:9 Ver. 9. Holding fast the faithful word,.... The doctrine of the Gospel, so called because it is true, and to be believed; it is the word of truth, and truth itself, and contains nothing but truth; and because it never deceived any, that gave credit to its doctrines, and its promises; and because it is pure, …
578 wordsSECTION 10Titus 1:10
Titus 1:10 Ver. 10. For there are many unruly,.... Persons who are not subject to the law of God, or Gospel of Christ; whose spirits are not subject to the prophets; and who will not submit themselves to them that have the rule over them, nor attend to the admonitions of the church, nor be brought into any regularity …
262 wordsSECTION 11Titus 1:11
Titus 1:11 Ver. 11. Whose mouths must be stopped,.... Or they be silenced, by reasons and arguments fetched out of the word of God; as were the Sadducees and Pharisees by Christ, so that they durst ask him no more questions; and as the Jews at Damascus were by Saul, who confounded them, proving in the clearest and str…
231 wordsSECTION 12Titus 1:12
Titus 1:12 Ver. 12. One of themselves, even a prophet of their own,.... This was Epimenides, in whose poems stand the words here cited; the apostle rightly calls him "one of themselves", since he was a Cretian by birth, of the city of Gnossus; it is reported of him, that being sent by his father to his sheep in the fi…
767 wordsSECTION 13Titus 1:13
Titus 1:13 Ver. 13. This witness is true,.... The apostle confirms what the poet had said; he knew it to be fact from his own experience, and by the observation he had made when in the island: he does not say, that all that Epimenides had said, in the poem referred to, was true; but this character, which he had given …
2,146 wordsSECTION 14Titus 2:1
Titus 2:1 INTRODUCTION TO TITUS 2 In this chapter the apostle exhorts Timothy to the discharge of his office with respect to all sorts of persons, of every age, sex; and condition, he was concerned with, giving reasons for it, taken from the nature of the Gospel of Christ: he exhorts him in general to insist in his p…
601 wordsSECTION 15Titus 2:2
Titus 2:2 Ver. 2. That the aged men be sober,.... Or "vigilant", and watchful over themselves, their conduct and conversation, lest being evil, it should be drawn into an example by younger persons: this is to be understood not of men in office, of presbyters or elders; for their characters are described in the preced…
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Titus 2:3 Ver. 3. And the aged women likewise,.... Speak also to them the things which become their profession, and what is right for them to be, and do: these aged women design not persons in office, who were ancient widows, and had some care of the poor; or presbyteresses, as some call them, the wives of presbyters …
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Titus 2:4 Ver. 4. That they may teach the young women to be sober,.... Or to be chaste, modest, and temperate; or to be wise and prudent in their conduct to their husbands, and in the management of family affairs, who have had a large experience of these things before them. To love their husbands; to help and assist …
204 wordsSECTION 18Titus 2:5
Titus 2:5 Ver. 5. To be discreet,.... Or temperate in eating and drinking, so the word is rendered in Tit 2:2 or to be sober both in body and mind; or to be wise and prudent in the whole of their conduct, both at home and abroad: chaste; in body, in affection, words and actions, having their love pure and single to t…
525 wordsSECTION 19Titus 2:6
Titus 2:6 Ver. 6. Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. Temperate, chaste, modest, moderate, wise, and prudent in all things: this is said to Titus, as being his province to instruct and exhort the young men; as it were proper and convenient for aged women to teach the young women how they should behave and co…
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Titus 2:7 Ver. 7. In all things showing thyself a pattern of good works,.... It was not enough for Titus, and so neither for any other Gospel minister, to deliver out sound doctrine, and to exhort persons of different ages and sexes to the things which become it, but he should through the whole of his conversation be …
282 wordsSECTION 21Titus 2:8
Titus 2:8 Ver. 8. Sound speech that cannot be condemned,.... In the public ministry, the wholesome words of our Lord Jesus should be used, and the doctrines of the Gospel be expressed, as near as can be, in the words which the Holy Ghost teacheth, and not in the enticing words of man's wisdom; such speech or language …
307 wordsSECTION 22Titus 2:9
Titus 2:9 Ver. 9. [Exhort] servants to be obedient to their own masters,.... And not others, whether they be believers, or unbelievers, gentle or froward, all their lawful commands ought to be obeyed; See Gill on "Eph 6:5" and to please [them] well in all things; not only to obey and serve them, and do what they order…
194 wordsSECTION 23Titus 2:10
Titus 2:10 Ver. 10. Not purloining..... Or stealing, embezzling their master's substance, taking away, and making use of what is their property, keeping back part of money or goods committed to their trust: the word is used in the case of Ananias and Sapphira. Ac 5:2, but showing all good fidelity; approving themselv…
234 wordsSECTION 24Titus 2:11
Titus 2:11 Ver. 11. For the grace of God that bringeth salvation,.... By which is meant, not the free love and favour of God, which lies in his own heart; for though that is productive of salvation, and is the source and spring of it, and what brings it forth, and is far from encouraging licentiousness, but instructs …
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Titus 2:12 Ver. 12. Teaching us,.... Not all men, to whom the Gospel appears in its outward ministry; for there are many who externally receive the Gospel, and profess it, who are never influentially taught by it to deny sin, or love holiness of life; they profess in words to know it, but in works deny it; they have a…
454 wordsSECTION 26Titus 2:13
Titus 2:13 Ver. 13. Looking for that blessed hope,.... Not the grace of hope; though that being a good hope through grace, and a hope of blessedness, may be called a blessed hope; yet this the saints have already implanted in their hearts in regeneration, and cannot be said to look for it: rather Christ, the object an…
910 wordsSECTION 27Titus 2:14
Titus 2:14 Ver. 14. Who gave himself for us,.... Not another, or another's, but himself; not merely his own things, but his own self; not the world, and the riches of it, not gold and silver, and such like corruptible things, as the price of redemption; not the cattle on a thousand hills for sacrifice; not men nor ang…
997 wordsSECTION 28Titus 2:15
Titus 2:15 Ver. 15. These things speak and exhort,.... Sound doctrine, the doctrine of grace, the doctrines of salvation and redemption by Christ, of peace, pardon, and cleansing by his blood; these speak out clearly, plainly, publicly, boldly, and faithfully: and the things which become sound doctrine; the duties of …
293 wordsSECTION 29Titus 3:1
Titus 3:1 INTRODUCTION TO TITUS 3 In this chapter the apostle exhorts Titus to press various duties incumbent on Christians, with arguments engaging to them; gives him some directions about dealing with heretics, and some instructions about private matters, and particular persons, and closes it with salutations. And …
888 wordsSECTION 30Titus 3:2
Titus 3:2 Ver. 2. To speak evil of no man,.... As not of one another, so not of the men of the world, to the prejudice of their names and characters, which are tender things, and ought to be gently touched; nor of magistrates, principalities, and powers, of persons in dignity and authority, which the false teachers we…
205 wordsSECTION 31Titus 3:3
Titus 3:3 Ver. 3. For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish,.... Nothing has a greater tendency to promote humility, and check pride in the saints, than to reflect upon their past state and condition, what they themselves once were; and this is a reason why magistrates, though evil men, should be obeyed in things g…
578 wordsSECTION 32Titus 3:4
Titus 3:4 Ver. 4. But after that,.... After all this series and course of wickedness; notwithstanding all this foolishness, disobedience, deception, bondage to sin, envy, malice, and malignity; or "when" all this was, as the word may be rendered, amidst all this iniquity; when these persons were in the full career of …
554 wordsSECTION 33Titus 3:5
Titus 3:5 Ver. 5. Not by works of righteousness which we have done,.... The great instance of the kindness and love of God our Saviour is salvation; which the apostle denies that it is brought about by any works, even the best works of men; for "works of righteousness" are works done according to a righteous law, and …
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Titus 3:6 Ver. 6. Which he shed on us abundantly,.... "Or richly"; either which love he shed abroad in the hearts of those whom he regenerated and renewed by his Spirit; or which water of regeneration, that is, grace, comparable to water, he plentifully shed, and caused to abound where sin had done; or rather whom, or…
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Titus 3:7 Ver. 7. That being justified by his grace,.... This is another way and means, as well as regeneration, by which God saves his people; for he saves no unjustified ones; no unrighteous persons shall inherit the kingdom of heaven; such as are without the wedding garment, and robe of Christ's righteousness, shal…
627 wordsSECTION 36Titus 3:8
Titus 3:8 Ver. 8. This is a faithful saying,.... Meaning the whole of what is before expressed, concerning the state and condition of God's elect by nature; the appearance of the love and kindness of God to them in the effectual calling; the salvation of them, according to the mercy of God, and not by works of righteo…
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Titus 3:9 Ver. 9. But avoid foolish questions,.... Such as were started in the schools of the Jews; see 2Ti 2:23 and genealogies; of their elders, Rabbins, and doctors, by whom their traditions are handed down from one to another, in fixing which they greatly laboured; see 1Ti 1:4 and contentions and strivings about …
217 wordsSECTION 38Titus 3:10
Titus 3:10 Ver. 10. A man that is an heretic,.... An heretic, according to the notation of the word, is either one that makes choice of an opinion upon his own judgment, contrary to the generally received sense of the churches of Christ, and prefers it to theirs, and obstinately persists in it; separates from them, fo…
331 wordsSECTION 39Titus 3:11
Titus 3:11 Ver. 11. Knowing that he that is such is subverted,.... Or overturned and demolished; he is like an edifice, that is not only decaying, and falling, but is entirely everted, and pulled down; so that there is no hopes of a restoration or recovery; he is in a desperate condition, having opposed the person, or…
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Titus 3:12 Ver. 12. When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus,.... These were both of them ministers of the Gospel; there is no mention of Artemas anywhere else; some say he was one of the seventy disciples, and that he was afterwards bishop of Lystra; but these are uncertain things; See Gill on "Lu 10:1"; the …
265 wordsSECTION 41Titus 3:13
Titus 3:13 Ver. 13. Bring Zenas the lawyer,.... Whether he was brought up to the civil law, either among the Greeks or Romans, is not certain; it may be he was a Jewish lawyer, or scribe, an interpreter of Moses's law among the Jews; for with them a lawyer and a scribe were one and the same, as appears from Mt 22:35 c…
233 wordsSECTION 42Titus 3:14
Titus 3:14 Ver. 14. And let ours also learn to maintain good works,.... By which are not only meant honest trades, as some choose to render the words: it is true, that a trade is a work; and an honest lawful employment of life is a good work; and which ought to be maintained, attended to, and followed, and to be learn…
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Titus 3:15 Ver. 15. All that are with me salute thee,.... All the apostles, fellow labourers, and the ministers of the Gospel that were with him; and all the members of the church where he was, sent their Christian salutation to Titus; he being a person greatly esteemed, and whose praise was in all the churches: gree…
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Public domain; John Gill (1697–1771). Source item is marked Public Domain on Internet Archive.
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.