1 — ra Xe/Vovra, the things that are wanting) the things which I could not accomplish when I was there, in consequence of the
shortness of my time. — sirtdiop6u<fp) Paul diopduffaro (set in order), Titus evidiopQovrai (completes the setting in order). — us, as) Paul had stated the qualifications which the presbyters ought to have ; he now repeats them.
6. n/o-r-a, faithful) For he who could not bring his children to the faith, how shall he bring others ? — a<rwr/«g, of luxury, of riot) which would be wrongfully supported at the expense of the church.
1 'Ey Kjojjrij, in Crete^ which is now called Candia, a populous island. — V. g.
7. 'ru ®£0£ oixovopov, as the steward of God) The greater that the Master is, the greater virtues should be in His servant. Paul calls the ministers of the Gospel the stewards of God, 1 Cor. iv. 1, note. The power, therefore, of a bishop is indeed cir cumscribed, but he has still some authority. He is a steward, and the steward of God ; but a steward has at least some autho rity and power, something is entrusted to his fidelity and skill ; he does not merely use the power of locomotion, he is not an instrument or a machine : the steward of God is not the slave of men, not a drudge or a sutler ; only let him be a true steward. This remark needs to be made in opposition to the false politicians, who desire that the ministers of Christ, and the princes, whose name they abuse, and believers and all things, should belong, not to God, not to believers, but to themselves. — • /&n) aMddii, not harsh or self-willed) The antithesis is in ver. 8, a lover of hospitality ; for avQafyg, a man harsh, inflexible, ne glects humble guests, as Nabal did, 1 Sam. xxv. ; he cares for himself alone, and whatever is connected with himself: others also he bids to keep their own affairs and anxieties to themselves. — W opyfaov, not soon angry) The antithesis is a lover of good. — py ndpoivov, not given to wine) The antithesis is sober. — /&% wXjjxrqv, no striker) The antithesis is just, who decides by reason and equity, not by violence. — pq ai<r^/poxepdvi, not covetous of filthy lucre) Base gain (filthy lucre) might be acquired in a matter honourable in itself, as in the work-shop, in bargains and mer chandise, in the office of a bishop ; ver. 1 1 ; 1 Tim. vi. 5 ; 2 Cor. xi. 12, 20 ; Phil. iii. 19 ; 1 Pet. v. 2 ; 2 Pet. ii. 3. The anti thesis is otiov, holy.
8. ?Eyxpar?j, temperate) 'Eyxparfo and axparfo are sometimes taken in a wider sense ; comp. Matt, xxiii. 25 (axpafffa$, excess), note. The opposite, axparfe, is clear, so that it was not necessary to express it ; and axpaaia, so far as it is opposed to r5j vapoivfa, would not come so much under the eye of Titus.
9. 'Afrgj^^nrw) one who will holdfast, defend, zealously urge. By this word the LXX. mostly translate the Hebrew verb ptn. — xara) 6 xara rqv $180,%$* Xoyog [Engl. Vers. the word as he has been taught^, the word appertaining to doctrine. — cr/crrog, firm, sure [lit. to be relied on], from which exhortation and power to convict
receive their strength. — x«/ — xai) both — and.