The Pulpit Commentary — Titus — Section 22

EXPOSITION. CHAPTER Il. Tpnr'li• v,avCcr.,; and iu xi. 20, where it is coupled with ,.1,:,., 1 "age," or" generation"); Ver. 1.-Bejit for beoome, A.V.; the sound it is not unoommon in cle.ssice.l Greek. The for eound, A.V. But spea.k thou, etc. The word means "becoming e. holy person, place, apostle now brings out, in full conlire.st with or matter;" otherwise expressed in I Tim. the ve.in ta.lk of the heretical teachers, the ii. 10, "which beoometh women professing solid, sober teaching of a true man of God, in godlineRB; " e.nd Eph. v. 3, "as becometh harmony with tbe sound doctrine of the saints." In demeanour ( Iv 1<aTao-T/iµ.aT1; of gospel of Christ. The sound dootrine ( Tfi much wider meaning than 1<aTaCTToll.,/ in. iryuw,06"11 1i,liaa-1<a>..la); as in 1 Tim. i 10 1 Tim. ii. 7); here only in the New Testa- (where see note). in 1 Tim. vi. 1 ;, li,lia- ment, once in 3 Mace. v. 45, "'e. state" or ""'"'" by itself means "the Christian faith," "condition," spoken of elephants; e.nd so "the doctrine of the gospel." The varying in cle.ssical Greek, applied to a me.n, to phrases, ;, KIIA'I, li11iaa"1<11Af.a, ;, KIIT •u<TE/:Jeia.v 0 bee.Ith, to the e.ir, or the body politic. Here li11ia<T1<a>..la.. e.nd ;, iry,au,ou<Tcr. li,lia<T,ca>..la.. all mien, demeanour, or deportment, including, mean the same thing, with varying descrip- e.e St. Jerome expounds it, the movements tive qualifications (see ver. 10). The of the body, the expression of the counte- article "the" is not required. nance, whe.t is said, and what is left unsaid. Ver. 2.-Aged for the aged, A. V.; tem- The whole he.bit A.D.d composition or structure perate for Bober, A. V.; Bober-minded for tem- of mind e.nd body is to be iep&1rpHru, what perate, A.V.; l.cn,e for charity, A. V. Tem- becomes a holy woman. Slanderers (s,.,.,a&. perate ( "714>.lA,os); as 1 Tim. iii 2 ( where see "-"u•); e.s 1 Tim. iii. (q.v.). Nor enslaved to note). Gra.ve (<Tepo6s); e.e 1 Tim. iii. 8, 11 much wine (comp. I Tim. iii. 8). Observe (see too I Tim. ii 2; iii. 4). Bober-minded the fitness of the phrase "enslaved." The ( <Ttl,4>povas); as eh. i. 8, note. Bound ( (ry-,.,.ivov- drunkard is thoroughly the Blave of hie Ta<); aee ver. 1, note, e.nd oh. i 13, where, vicioUB appetite (comp. eh. iii. 3; Rom. vi. e.e here, the word is applied to persons, as it 16; 2 Pet. ii 19). Teachers of that whioh is in its literal sense in 3 John 2. :Faith, ... is good (1<a>..oli,Bau1<d>.ous); only here in the love, ... pe.tienoe. We have the se.m.e triad New Testament, not found in tbe LX.X., or in l Tim. vi 11. In I Oor. xiii 13 we find in claBBioe.l Greek ; teachers, by their holy " faith, hope, love." In I Thea& i. 3 the demeanour ll8 well as by their words. For apostle join.a "work of faith, labour of love," as Ignatius (quoted by Ellicott) says of the and " patience of hope, n which last phrase Bishop of the Tre.llians, "Hie very demean- seems almost to identify patience and hope our (auTb .,.;, ,,,..,.d,uT1Jp.a) we.s e. great leRBon (comp. too Rom. viii. 25; rv. 4). We mUBt (p.o/Jrinla)," uot miss the important we.ming, not only to Ver. 4.-Train for teach . . . t,o be ,ober, have some kind of faith, love, and patience, A.V. Train (u,,,,ppov/(u,<T1); only here in the but to be healthy e.nd vigorons in our faith, New Teete.ment, not found in the LXX., love, and patience. There is a puny fe.ith, but common in classical Greek in the a Bickly love, and e. misdirected patience. sense of to "correct," "control," or " mode- Ver. 3.-That for th.e, A. V.; be r61Jerent in rate," which is its meaning here. Ellicott demeanou,r for that tJ.ey be tfl behafliour a, renders it "school•• (comp. I Tim. v. 14). b=..eth holineas, A. V.; eT,anderen for faue The .A..V. "teach to be sober" is manifestly atJC1U1ers, A.V.; nor for not, A.V.; ensla"IJed wrong. To love their h111be.nds ( .p,11.&.Bpou• for gi"llen, A.V.; that which is good for good elva,); here only in the New Testament, not thi,,,g,. A. V. Reverent (i<p01rp...-,is); only found in the LXX., but occasionally, in this here in the New Testament, twice in 11enee, in classical Greek. To love their 4 Maccabees (in ix. 25, where the eldest of 1 But another e.nd more probable reading tl,e seven brothers who suffered mnrtyrdom nndn A 11tio,·bus Epip/i11ne~ io called b i,po• Is a.-y<f,p, conflict, struggle. CD, II, 1-15.] THE EPISTLE TO TITUS. 26