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Verse 10. _NOT PURLOINING_] μη νοσφιζομενους. Neither
_giving_ _away, privately selling_, nor in any way _wasting_, the
master's goods. The word signifies, not only _stealing_ but
_embezzling_ anothe...
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NOT PURLOINING - Not to appropriate to themselves what belongs to
their masters. The word “purloin” means, literally, to take or
carry away for oneself; and would be applied to an approbation to
onese...
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II. THINGS WHICH BECOME SOUND DOCTRINE
CHAPTER 2
_ 1. Adorning the doctrine of our Saviour-God (Titus 2:1)_
2. The grace of God and its work (Titus 2:11)
Titus 2:1
“But speak thou the things which...
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TEACHING ON CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOUR.
(_a) Titus 2:1_. DUTY OF DIFFERENT CLASSES. In contrast with the
errorists-' irrefevances, Titus must continually inculcate right
conduct. This is defined for (_a)_ o...
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THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER (Titus 2:1-10)
(1) The Senior Men (Titus 2:1-2)...
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Impress upon slaves the duty of obeying their own masters. Urge them
to seek to give satisfaction in every task, not to answer back, not to
pilfer, but to display all fidelity with hearty good-will, t...
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PURLOINING. Greek. _nosphizomai_. Only here; Acts 5:2; Acts 5:3.
SHEWING. Greek. _endeiknumi_. Occurs: Titus 3:2.
FIDELITY. App-150.
ADORN. Greek. _kosmeo_. Occurs ten times, first in...
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_not purloining_ Old French _purloigner_, i.e. pour-loin, _to convey
far_, to -make away with," rendering the adverb in the Greek -afar,"
-apart." The verb only occurs in N.T. here and Acts 5:2-3, - _...
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ΜῊ ΝΟΣΦΙΖΟΜΈΝΟΥΣ. WH give μηδέ a place in their
margin, on the authority of CbD2*G 17; אAC*D2cEKLP &c. have μή.
ΠΑ͂ΣΑΝ ΠΊΣΤΙΝ. There is some confusion about the order.
The reading of the text has the...
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1–10. TITUS’ POSITIVE TEACHING, AS REGARDS VARIOUS CLASSES OF
PERSONS...
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ΝΟΣΦΙΖΟΜΈΝΟΥΣ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_
ΝΟΣΦΊΖΟΜΑΙ (G3557) отделять для себя,
разделять и откладывать, присваивать
(RWP; Kelly),
ΈΝΔΕΙΚΝΥΜΈΝΟΥΣPRAES. _med. (dep.) part. от_
ΈΝΔΕΊΚΝΥΜΙ (G1731) пок...
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NOT PURLOINING,— _Not privately defrauding_ or _embezzling_— Μη
νοσφιζομενους : which properly signifies _keeping back
part of the worth of any thing,_ and is used in the case of Ananias's
secreting a...
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_SLAVES Titus 2:9-10_
_TEXT 2:9, 10_
9 Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be
well-pleasing to them in all things; not gainsaying; 10 not
purloining, but showing all goo...
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Not purloining, —Purloining is stealing. The servant was not to
steal from his master but to be faithful in all things.but shewing all
good fidelity; —He was to be loyal to his master. He was to exhib...
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Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn
the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
NOT PURLOINING, [ nosfizomenous (G3557)] - 'Not appropriating' what
does not belong...
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1 Paul writes this letter in the character of a slave. This shows that
the epistle deals with service. He adds the title apostle, to give
weight to his injunctions.
2 Eonian life, usually called "eve...
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VARIOUS INSTRUCTIONS FOR CHRISTIAN LIFE AND DOCTRINE
1-15. 'In giving sound doctrine, to offset false teaching, put the
first emphasis on the need of character, because Christ is our reward,
and very...
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A GUIDE FOR CHRISTIAN LEADERS
TITUS
_HILDA BRIGHT AND HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 2
WHAT TITUS HAD TO TEACH
V1 But you, Titus, must teach the things that are true. V2 Teach the
older men that they sho...
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NOT PURLOINING, BUT SHEWING ALL GOOD FIDELITY. — It must be
remembered that many of the slaves in the Roman empire were employed
in other duties besides those connected with the house or on the farm....
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CHAPTER 22
THE MORAL CONDITION OF SLAVES-THEIR ADORNMENT OF THE DOCTRINES OF GOD.
- Titus 2:9
SOMETHING has already been said in a previous discourse on 1 Timothy
6:1 respecting the institution of sl...
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μὴ νοσφιζομένους : _non fraudantes_ (Vulg.), _not
purloining_. The particular form of theft implied is the abstraction
or retention for oneself, of a part of something entrusted to one's
care.
πᾶσαν π...
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In the face of this immoral teaching, do you constantly impress the
moral duties of the Gospel on your people of every age and class.
There is an ideal of conduct appropriate to old men and old women...
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HOW WE MAY “ADORN THE DOCTRINE”
Titus 2:9
The servants addressed in this tender and priceless paragraph were
household slaves, employed in the most menial drudgery, but they were
taught that even the...
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The apostle then proceeded to show what the behavior of aged men, aged
women, and young men in the Church should be. In connection with the
behavior of bond-servants Paul employed what is perhaps the...
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUNG MEN AND SERVANTS
As with all the other categories, young men are exhorted to maintain
self-control. Titus, like all the other young men, was charged to be a
model of good works....
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Not defrauding. [3] St. Jerome puts, not stealing. The Greek signifies
private thefts. Dr. Wells, not by filching. --- That they may adorn
(or give honour to) the doctrine of God, our Saviour, in all...
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(1) В¶ But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: (2)
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in
charity, in patience. (3) The aged women likewise, that they be in
be...
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The epistle to Titus has much in common with those to Timothy, as all
must observe; not only as being addressed to a fellow-servant, and
indeed a son in the faith, but in general similarity of charact...
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10_Not thievish but shewing all good faith _He censures two vices that
are common among servants, petulant replies, and a propensity to
steal. (246) The comedies are full of instances of excessively r...
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"Sound doctrine" takes account of all this, and, in its warnings and
exhortations, maintains all these proprieties. This is the instruction
which the apostle here gives to Titus, with regard to aged m...
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NOT PURLOINING..... Or stealing, embezzling their master's substance,
taking away, and making use of what is their property, keeping back
part of money or goods committed to their trust: the word is u...
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Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the
doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
Ver. 10. _Not purloining_] Interverting, embezzling their master's
estates, ordinary...
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_Exhort servants_ See the notes on the passages referred to in the
margin. _To please them_ Their masters; _well in all things_ Lawful,
or wherein it can be done without sin; _not answering again_ Tho...
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PURLOINING; taking what is not theirs. Servants who conscientiously
discharge their appropriate duties from regard to God, are a great
ornament to the Christian religion, and do much to recommend it....
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Concerning young men and slaves:...
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NOT PURLOINING, BUT SHOWING ALL GOOD FIDELITY, THAT THEY MAY ADORN THE
DOCTRINE OF GOD, OUR SAVIOR, IN ALL THINGS.
Having given full directions regarding the younger women, the apostle
does not overlo...
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In contrast to the vanity of others, as in the previous verses, Titus
has pressed upon him his personal responsibility: "But speak thou the
things which become sound doctrine." "Sound" has the force o...
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9,10 Servants must know and do their duty to their earthly masters,
with a reference to their heavenly one. In serving an earthly master
according to Christ's will, He is served; such shall be reward...
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Titus 2:10 not G3361 pilfering G3557 (G5734) but G235 showing G1731
(G5734) all G3956 good G18 fidelity...
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SECTION 2.
God's People Must Live In The World As Those Who Are Looking For His
Coming, And As Those Who Have Experienced His Saving Work (Titus 2:9
to Titus 3:11).
Overall Analysis.
a Christian bo...
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NOT PURLOINING
(μη νοσφιζομενους). Present middle participle of
νοσφιζω, old verb (from νοσφ, apart), in middle to set
apart for oneself, to embezzle, in N.T. only here and Acts
5:2.FIDELITY
(πιστ...
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Titus 2:1. _But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:_
There are certain things which are suitable to go with sound doctrine;
they are meet and fit and appropriate thereto.
Titus 2:2. _...
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Titus 2:6. _Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded._
They are full of spirits, they are very sanguine, they are apt to be
carried away with novelties; exhort them to have that which is thought...
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CONTENTS: Pastoral work of a true minister.
CHARACTERS: Christ, Paul, Titus.
CONCLUSION: The ministers of Christ should discharge their duties with
faithfulness, being careful to teach only such trut...
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Titus 2:1. _But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine._
Just the reverse of those men of tongue, reciting fables, instead of
giving the fair illustration of truth, which “when unadorned is...
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OR STEAL FROM THEM. Slaves have always felt tempted to steal from
their owners, excusing this by saying it is owed to them for their
work. INSTEAD, THEY MUST SHOW. A good slave would _advertize_ his
C...
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_Exhort __SERVANTS_ _TO_ _BE_ _OBEDIENT_
The duties of servants
I. Those duties enumerated.
1. Obedience.
2. Acceptableness of service. The idea is really, approbation based
upon virtuous actions....
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Titus 2:9. TO PLEASE THEM WELL.—“To give satisfaction.” “Our
own servants’ phrase,” says Alford.
Titus 2:10. NOT PURLOINING.—Putting anything apart for themselves
(_W...
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EXPOSITION
TITUS 2:1
_Befit _for _become, _A.V.; _the sound _for _sound, _A.V. BUT SPEAK
THOU, etc. The apostle now brings out, in full couldst with the vain
talk of the heretical teachers, the solid...
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But he said to Titus,
speak the things which become sound doctrine (Titus 2:1):
Again, the emphasis and the exhortation is that of sound doctrine.
Now, teach
that the aged men (Titus 2:2),
And this...
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1 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Peter 2:12; 1 Peter 3:16; 1 Samuel 22:14;...
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Purloining [ν ο σ φ ι ζ ο μ ε ν ο υ ς]. Only here and
Acts 5:2; Acts 5:3. LXX, Joshua 7:1; Joshua 2 Macc. 4 32. Often in
Class. From nosfi apart. The fundamental idea of the word is to put fa
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GRACE TEACHING HOW TO LIVE
Titus 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The Book of Titus is one of the most practical in its message, of any
of the Epistles. It is GRACE TEACHING US HOW TO LIVE.
Titus 1:1; Titus...
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THE BLESSED HOPE
Titus 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The Second Coming of Christ remains unto this hour as the Blessed
Hope. It is the lamp that shineth in a dark place until the day dawns,
and the daystar...
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Showing all good fidelity — Soft, obliging faithfulness That they
may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour — More than St. Paul says
of kings. How he raises the lowness of his subject! So may they, t...