τοῖς δὲ ἔργοις ἀρνοῦνται: Their lives give the lie to their professions; ‘‘ They acted as if this Supreme Being was a mere metaphysical abstraction, out of all moral relation to human life, as if He were neither Saviour nor Judge” (J. H. Bernard comm. in loc.).
πρὸς Wav ἔργον ἀγαθόν: See note on 2) Dim. ii) τη.
ἀδόκιμοι: worthless, unfit. on 2 Tim. iii. 8.
See note
11. 1. "Σὺ "δὲ λάλει ἃ ἢ πρέπει τῇ "ὑγιαινούσῃ * διδασκαλίᾳ. aSeerTim.
2. “πρεσβύτας “νηφαλίους εἶναι, ' σεμνούς, " σώφρονας " τας “tH "πίστε, τῇ ἀγάπῃ, τῇ * ὑπομονῇ. Ι ὡσαύτως ἐν "' καταστήματι "ἱεροπρεπεῖς, μὴ “διαβόλους, μηδὲ ” Ρ οἴνῳ ἢ πολλῷ “ δεδουλωμένας, τ καλοδιδασκάλους, 4. ἵνα
ili. 2. f See x Tim. iii. 8. 1 Tim. vi. 11. k 4 Macc. xvi. 14 only.
ix. 25, xi. 20 only. o See r Tim. iii. 11. 15, ix. 19, Gal. iv. 3, 2 Pet. ii. ΣΟ;
g Seer Tim. iii. 2.
p See 1 Tim. iii. 8. r Here only, not LXX.
vi. ΤΙ.
ς , .
" υγιαινογ- b Seer Tim.
Ἕ ῥ τς τοῦς
3. ' πρεσβύτιδας cx Tim. i.
1ο (φ.υ.), 2 ΤΌ: iv. 3, Lit.1.9. " σωφρο d Lukei. 18, Philem.g. oy : eSee1 Tim. h Tit. i. 13, see 1 Tim. i. 10. i See 1See 1 Tim. ii.g9. m3 Macc.v.45 only. na Macc.
q Rom. vi. 18, 22, 1 Cor. vii. 5 Here only, not LXX.
1 ἱεροπρεπεῖ CH**, 17, 31, 37, two others, ἆ, e, {, 6, m81, vg. (tn habitu sancto),
boh., syrr. (but not syrhcl-mg), arm.
2So Ν"ΑΟ, 73; μὴ NCDFGHKLP, vg. Seer Tim. iii. 8.
CuapTeR I].—Vvy. 1-10. In the face of this immoral teaching, do you con- stantly impress the moral duties of the Gospel on your people of every age and class. There is an ideal of conduct ap- propriate to old men and old women respectively—the latter have moreover special duties in the training of the young women—and young men. En- force your words by personal example. Slaves, too, must be taught that they share in responsibility for the good name of the Gospel.
Ver. τ. σὺ δὲ: See reff., and note on 1 Tim. vi. 11. Titus is to be as active in teaching positive truth as the heretics were in teaching evil.
λάλει: emphasises the importance of oral teaching.
τῇ ὑγιαινούσῃ διδασκαλίᾳ: See on I Tim. i. Io.
Ver. 2. The heads of moral instruc- tion which begin here are more unmis- takably intended for the laity than are the similar passages in Tim. That it should devolve on the apostle’s legate to give popular moral instruction is per- haps another indication of the less- developed state of the Church in Crete than in Ephesus and its neighbourhood.
πρεσβύτας: senes; SC. παρακάλει (ver. 6).
νηφαλίους : sober, sobrit; temperate (R.V.) in respect of their use of strong drink. Chrys. explains it to be vigilant, as does the Syriac, and A.V. m.; but the homely warning seems more appropriate. See note on 1 Tim. 11]. 2.
σεμνούς : see note on 1 Tim. iii. 8.
σώφρονας : see notes on 1 Tim. ii. 9, and iii. 2. For ὑγιαίνειν followed by dat. see i. 13. πίστις, ἀγάπη; ὑπομονή are constantly grouped together (see on τ Tim: vi. 11); and this suggests that πίστις here is subjective, not objective,
as in the similar phrase i. 13. on 1 Tim. i. ΤΟ.
Ver. 3. πρεσβύτιδας : correlative to πρεσβύτας, as πρεσβυτέρας is to πρεσ- βυτέρῳ in 1 Tim. v. 1, 2.
ὡσαύτως : See on 1 Tim. ii. 9.
ἐν καταστήματι ἱεροπρεπεῖς : veverent in demeanour, R.V. καταστολή int Tim. ii. g has an almost exclusive reference to dress. Demeanour (R.V.) is better than behaviour (A.V.), which has a wide re- ference to conduct, in all respects and on all occasions. Deportment, which includes a slight reference to dress, would be the best rendering, only that the word has become depreciated.