The Pulpit Commentary — Titus — Section 3

Having ohlldren that believe (aoe 1 Tim. iii. e:xaotly the ea.me meaning In Arilltotle, viz. i). Mark the importance given to the " ma.ater of one's Belf," having the a.ppetitee "elder'H" family as well 1111 to hie pereonal under control. oharo.ater. Not aooused (µ+J iv 1<a'TTJ'Yop(r, Ver. 9.-Hol.ding to for lwlding fast, A.V.; <.T,.\,); literally, oot undBT an accu,ali<m which is acc<n"ding to the teaching for a• he (ace I Tim. v. 19). Riot (a.ar.niar); Bee hath been taught, A. V. ; both to ezlwrt in the Eph. v. 18; I Pet. iv. 4; Luke xv. 13. sound dootrine for by sound doctrine, both to Used in Plato and Aristotle for "debauchery" e:rhort, A.V.; wmnet for wn'IJince, A.V. or "profligacy," with the kindred words Holding to (iivnx&µ,vor). Hol,ding fast is lla.,.,or, a.uwn6oµa,, etc. UDJ'Uly ( dP1nr6- a better and more forcible rendering than Ta1<-ra); ver. 10 and I Tim. i. 9, note holding to. It answers to the Latin arl- (oomp. I Tim. iii. 4, where the children a.re herere, to cling to. The faitb.tal word required to be iv b1ro-rrryfi, "under rule," in which ill r.ocording to the teaching is awk- •ubjeotion). wardly expressed. 'H B,6axfi is "the Chriatian Ver.7.-The for a, A.V.; Go<fs steward truth" a.s taught by the apostles, and "the ro,. IAe ,teward of God, A.V.; no IYrawle-r faithful" or "aore word" to which Tito• is for not gi'IJen to wine, A. V.; greedy of for to cleave is described e.s being '' according to gi11en to, A. V. BlameleBB (see ver. 6). God's that truth" (comp. eh. i. 1, a.A.716,ia, T;j, stewud (ol1<ov6µov); comp. l Cor. iv. I, 2; ,ca-r' <ual{J«av). The A.V. gives substan- I Pet. iv. 10. (For the office of the steward, tially the apoatle's meaning. The result uf see Luke xii. 42, 43.) Self-willed (aMd871); thi• adhesion to the faithful word ia that elsewhere in the New Testament only in he . will be able to comfort e.nd encourage :! Pet. ii. 10 ; in the LXX. Gen. xlix. 3, 9 believers by (ev) his wholesome teaching, aud Prov. xxi. 24; and common in classical and a.lao to convict the opposers of tue truth. c;reek. It is always used in a bad sense- The gainsayers; or, contradictor, ( Tou, a.vT,- •tubborn, harsh, remorseless, and the like. Aeyov-rar); such as thoae Jews described iu Soon angry (&P'Yi.\ov); only here in the Acts xiii. 45 and xxviii 19 e.s "contradictin•• New Testament, found occnsionally in the and blaspheming." ~ LXX., and common in classical Greek- Ver. I0.-D11ruly men for vnruly and, paasionate, quick-tempered, irascible ( corn p. A.V. and T.R. Unruly (c:vv,ro-ra,c-ro,); St'e Eph. iv. 31; Col. iii. 8). Brawler (,rdpo,vov); ver. 6. Ve.in talkers (µa-ra,oA.o-yo,); only see 1 Tim. iii. 3, note. Striker (1 Tim. iii. here in tbe New Testament, not found '.u a, note). Greedy of filthy luore (alaxpo- the LXX., and rare in classical Grtek ( see x•pB;j); I Tim. iii. 3, 8, note. µa-raw.\o'Y(a. I 'l'im. i. 6). K,vo.\ryor and Ver. 8.-G{ven to for a lm,er of, A.V.; KEvoAo;,(a are wed in the ea1ne sense of" vain, <Juod for good men, A.V.; sober-minded for empty, talking." Deoeivers-(,pp,va,rdTa.,); •ober, A.V. Given to hospitality (,p,A.o~•vov); here only in the New Testament, not found I Tim. iii. 2, note. A lover of good ( ,p,A.t.- in the LXX. or in cle.ssice.l Greek-litera.11y, va8ov) ; see 2 Tim. iii. 3, note on d,p,A.d"Ya8ov. soul-decei'IJe-rs, or, as aome te.ke 11, ,eij- Only here in the New Testament, and only decei'IJe-re (compare ,Pp<va,ra-rd.r.,, Ge.I. vi. 3, n11ce in the LXX., Wisd. vii. 22, where it a11d for tLe sense Jaa. i. 26; but in both eems to mean " a lover of that which is these instances the idea. of self-deceiving i. ~ood," and where the long string of adjectives imported by the context, fovTdv and 1<apBlav is very similar to that here; found occasion- au-rov). Here the word mee.ns "deceivers," ally in classical Greek. Bober-minded whose character i• described in 2 Pet. ii. 14 ( uw,ppova.); see eh. ii. 2, 5, and 1 Tim. iii. 2, as "beguiling unatable souls." They of the note. The rendering "discreet" in ol,. ii. oircnmcision; JudRizing Christians, the most 5 (A.V.) expresses the meaning very well. obstinate e.nd difficult e.dvtrsarie• with Just, holy. ,t,,(,,aior i• usually considered whom St. Pan! he.d to cope (see Gal. 11s describing that side of a good man's pauim; Phil. iii. 2, 3, eto. ). character which is in relation to his fellow- Ver. 11.-Men who O'IJln'throw for who eub- men, and Ua,ov that side which has respect 'IJert, A.V. Whose mouths mllSt be stopped tu God. Joseph was B!,caios (Matt. i. 19) in ( oOr 6,i /,r,u-roµl(e,v); here only in the his conduct towards Mary; the Lord Jesus New Testament, not found in the LXX., but was God's Holy One (-rov fouS. aov). In common in classical Greek. " To ourb " claBBica.l Greek the words are more com- ( comp. Pa. xxxii. 9 ; J e.s. iii. 2, 3). The monly applied to things. "oo,a 1<al Bl1<a1a meaning is nearly the samo ~s the.t of xaA.,- a.re things sanctioned by Divine 1md human va-yCJY"yfw in Ju. i. 26; sowe, however, e.ssign laws respectively. Temperate ( ''Y"pa-ri;); to it the Bense of u to muzzle" (Olshe.usen, only here in the New Testament, and never etc.) or "stop the mouth,'' which BisLop in this sense in Uie LXX.; but it has Ellit·ott thinkB is "'perhaps the most common" t1nd " the most suitable." 1 8o (' Answer to Sir Thos. !\fore,' bk. iii. oh. tiii.). 1 It may be worth noticing that the hllllM!a 17  THE EPISTLE TO TITUS. [on. 1. 1-18.