Ill.
niTim.i.7," διαβεβαιοῦσθαι, ἵνα " φροντίζωσιν " καλῶν " ἔργων "ἢ προΐστασθαι οἱ
not LXX. | 3 Te ο Hereonly, ** πεπιστευκότες * Oca.
" ταῦτά ἐστιν” "καλὰ καὶ *dpeAipa τοῖς
» Tit.iii. τ4, ἀνθρώποις. 9. " μωρὰς δὲ "" ζητήσεις καὶ “ γενεαλογίας καὶ έρεις ®
see 1 Tim. \x , y 4 Zz , EN SY 8 2 - Ν ,
1101. και μαχᾶς νομικας περιιστασο, εισιν γαρ ἀνωφελεῖς και μάταιοι. q Acts xv. Bite 2 Ke . , 1-8 4 Ξ jake 5, Xvili. Io. αιρετικον ἄνθρωπον μετα μιαν και ευτεραν νουθεσίαν
27, xix. 18, ΧΧΙ. 20,25. ace τ ἘΌΝ ἕ τ Gen. χν. 6 (Rom. iv. 3, Gal. iii. 6, Jas. ii. 23), 1 John v. το. s Cf. 1 Tim. ii. 3. t See x Tim.
iv. 8. u 2 Tim. il. 23.
XXviii. 3, Wisd. i. 11, Isa. xliv. το, Jer. ii. 8 onl: 11, Eph. vi. 4, Wisd. xvi. 6 only.
1 Ins. τῷ most cursives.
v See 1 Tim. vi. 4. y Here only in this sense (see ver. 13), not ΤΧΧ.
w Seer Tim. i. 4. x See 2 Tim. ii. 23. z See 2 Tim. ii. 16. a Heb. vii. 18, Prov b Here only, not LXX. c x Cor. x.
2Ins. τὰ DcKLP.
8 So ΝΕΑΟΚΙ.Ρ, d, e, f, 6, m59, vg, boh, syrr, arm; ἔριν δ ἢ [DerFerGer, ερειν];
Jerome once.
ὁ μίαν νουθ. καὶ[ἢ] δευτ. DeFetG [D*, d, ε, καὶ δύο], g; om. καὶ δευτέραν MSS. known to Jerome, π|50, Iren. lat., Pamph. lat., Ruf., Τετ, Cyp., Lucif., Aug.,
Amb., Ambrst.
and unpractical. Do not parley long with a confirmed schismatic. If he does not yield to one or two admonitions, reject him altogether. It is beyond your power to set him right.
Ver. 8. πιστὸς ὁ λόγος. Here it is evident that 6 Adyos does not refer to any isolated Saying, but to the doctrinal statement contained in verses 4-7 regarded as a single concept—as we, when we speak of The Incarnation, sum up in one term a whole system of theology—while τούτων refers to the various topics in- dicated in that statement, not to the practical teaching of ii. I—iil. 7.
βούλομαι: see note on 1 Tim. il. 8.
διαβεβαιοῦσθαι: Here the Vulg. has confirmare; ἃ has affirmare, as in 1 Tim. 1. 7, where see note.
tva: It is most significant and sug- gestive that the apostle held that good works were most certainly assured by a theology which gives special prominence to the free unmerited grace of God. This is made plainer in the R.V. (to the end that), than in the A.V. (that).
φροντίζωσιν : curent (am.), curam habeant (fuld). καλῶν ἔργων προΐστασθαι: occupy
themselves in good works, bonis operibus praeesse (Vulg.). Prostare would have been a better translation, since the πρό in this use of προΐστασθαι is derived from bodily posture rather than from superiority in station. ‘From the prac- tice of the workman or tradesman stand- ing before his shop for the purpose of soliciting customers ... we arrive at the general meaning of conducting or managing any matter of business.” So Field, who also points out that the R.V. m., profess honest occupations (similarly A.V.m on ver. 14) is open to the serious
objection that καλὰ ἔργα everywhere else in N.T., as well as in secular authors, means “ good works” in the religious or moral sense.
οἱ πεπιστευκότες θεῷ: This simple phrase is used designedly in order to ex- press the notion that profession of the recently revealed Gospel is indeed merely a logical consequence and natural de- velopment of the older simple belief in God.
ταῦτα: The antithesis in the following μωρὰς δὲ ζητήσεις proves that these things refers to the subject-matter of Titus’ pronouncements (διαβεβαιοῦσθαι), and means this enforcement of practical religion.
καλά: is to be taken absolutely, as in the parallel τ Tim. ii. 3, and is not to be connected with τοῖς ἀνθρώποις.