Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Titus 3:1
Remind them — All the Cretan Christians. To be subject — Passively, not resisting. To principalities — Supreme. And powers — Subordinate governors. And to obey — Them actively, so far as conscience permits.
Remind them — All the Cretan Christians. To be subject — Passively, not resisting. To principalities — Supreme. And powers — Subordinate governors. And to obey — Them actively, so far as conscience permits.
TITUS 3:1 avrcai/j {B} After avrcai/j the Textus Receptus adds kai,, following the later uncials (Dc K P) as well as most of the minuscules, versions, and Fathers. The more difficult asyndetic constr...
CHAPTER III. _The necessity of obedience to the civil powers, and of meek and_ _gentle deportment towards all men, is to be diligently_ _enforced_, 1, 2. _The wretched state of man, previously to...
PUT THEM IN MIND TO BE SUBJECT ... - See the duty here enjoined, explained in the notes at Romans 13:1, following. PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS - See these words explained in the notes at Romans 8:38. Th...
III. IN RELATION TO THE WORLD AND FALSE TEACHERS CHAPTER 3 _ 1. Instructions (Titus 3:1)_ 2. Warnings (Titus 3:9) 3. Directions (Titus 3:12)...
FURTHER INSTRUCTION ON CHRISTIAN CONDUCT. (_a_) TITUS 3:1 F. BEHAVIOUR TO THOSE OUTSIDE. In his relation with unbelievers the Christian must show (i) towards those in authority, obedience (1 Timothy 2...
Remind them to be duly subject to those who are in power and authority, to obey each several command, to be ready for every work so long as it is good, to slander no one, not to be aggressive, to be k...
THE CHRISTIAN CITIZEN (Titus 3:1-2)...
PUT, &c. Figure of speech _Association_. App-6. PUT. IN MIND. Greek. _hupomimntsko_. Elsewhere, Luke 22:60. Joh 14:26. 2 Timothy 2:14; 2 Peter 1:12;...
The duty of living in peace from a sense of God's love and through the Spirit's power 1. _Put them in mind_ -Them" must be -the Cretan Christians" generally: St Paul is gathering all up in his mind fo...
1, 2. THE ATTITUDE OF CHRISTIANS TO THEIR HEATHEN NEIGHBOURS AND RULERS...
The rec. text inserts καὶ between ἀρχαῖς and ἐξουσίαις, on the authority of D2cE**KLP, most other MSS., and a general consensus of versions and Fathers. It is omitted by modern editors, chiefly becaus...
ΎΠΟΜΊΜΝΗΣΚΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΎΠΟΜΙΜΝΉΣΚΩ (G5279) напоминать, заставлять вспомнить. _Praes. imper._ может быть итеративным (Quinn). ΆΡΧΑΊΣ _dat. pl._ от ΑΡΧΉ (G746) начальство, ΕΞΟΥΣΊΑ (G1849)...
_TITUS 3:1_.— The _Jews_ were of a very seditious, rebellious spiritabout the time when this epistle was written; and it was with great reluctance that they obeyed any civil governors, but those of th...
III. CHURCH MEMBERS IN SOCIETY 3:1-11 1. AS CITIZENS Titus 3:1-2 _TEXT 3:1, 2_ 1 Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work, 2...
Put them in mind — This chapter begins with that which Titus is to teach the Christians concerning their behavior toward the governing powers.to be subject to — To put themselves into subjection to. S...
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, PUT THEM IN MIND - as they are in danger of forgetting their duty, though knowing i...
14 The ransom of Christ has a present power. Lawlessness is that basic conception of sin in which it is viewed as a departure from the normal and natural course of things. The ransom Of Christ will ev...
TO PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS] better (as RV), 'to rulers, to authorities.' We should be apt to say, 'to the government.' TO OBEY MAGISTRATES] The original meaning of the Gk. word is 'to obey one's sup...
THE SUBSTANCE AND MANNER OF THE TEACHING TO BE GIVEN. FAREWELL 1-15. 'Remind the Cretans to be loyal citizens, good neighbours. As, through no merit of ours, God won us to Himself, so we must live go...
The people who lived in Crete often argued. They also caused trouble. They were angry because the *Romans ruled them. The Christians had to live in a society that the *Romans had organised. Paul had a...
A GUIDE FOR CHRISTIAN LEADERS TITUS _HILDA BRIGHT AND HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 3 THE CHRISTIAN CITIZEN V1 Remind the people about these things. The people should let the government and the rulers h...
III. (1) PUT THEM IN MIND TO BE SUBJECT TO PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS. — Very careful and searching have been the Apostle’s charges to Titus respecting the teachers of the _Church,_ their doctrine and...
CHAPTER 24 THE DUTY OF OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY, WITH ITS LIMITS; THE DUTY OF COURTESY WITHOUT LIMITS. - Titus 3:1 ST. PAUL, having in the previous chapter sketched the special duties which Titus is to...
With these instructions as to duty towards civil authority, compare Romans 13:1 _sqq._, 1 Peter 2:13 _sqq_. It is perhaps significant of the difference between Crete and the province of Asia, as regar...
As your Cretan folk are naturally intractable, be careful to insist on obedience to the constituted authorities, and on the maintenance of friendly relations with non-Christians....
MAKING RETURN TO GOD'S LOVING-KINDNESS Titus 3:1 Throughout this Epistle, the Apostle insists on good works. See Titus 2:7; Titus 2:14; Titus 3:8;...
The final section of the epistle has to do with the Church and the State, dealing with the duty of the Church, arguments impelling to the fulfilment of duty, and the method of realization. The duty of...
THE CHRISTIAN AND GOVERNMENT God set up three institutions to provide for man's needs. Those are the home, the church and the government. He established governments to keep civil order. For that reaso...
Put (1) them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, (1) He declares particularly and separately that which he said before generally,...
Princes and powers. At the time St. Paul wrote this epistle to Titus, there were many Jews, particularly the disciples of Judas of Gaulan, who maintained that the Hebrews were under no obligation of o...
(1) В¶ Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, (2) To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meeknes...
CONTENTS The Chapter opens with a Continuation of Exhortations. The Apostle blessedly speaks of the Doctrine of Regeneration. He closeth the Epistle with Directions, and his Apostolical Benediction....
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...
1_Remind them to be subject to principalities and powers _From many passages it is evident that the Apostles had great difficulty in keeping the common people subject to the authority of magistrates a...
With respect to the conduct of Christians towards the world, grace has banished violence, and the spirit of rebellion and resistance which agitates the heart of those who believe hot, and which has it...
PUT THEM IN MIND TO BE SUBJECT TO PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS,.... Not angels, good or bad, which are sometimes so called, but men in high places; the higher powers ordained of God, as the apostle elsew...
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, Ver. 1. _To be ready to every_] As the bee, as soon as ever the sun breaks forth, fli...
_Put them._ All the Cretian Christians; _in mind to be subject_ Passively, not resisting; _to principalities_ Supreme rulers; _and powers_ Subordinate governors; and _to obey magistrates_ Actively, as...
AN ADMONITION TO OBEDIENCE AND MEEKNESS....
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,...
Though we are not of this world, as the blessed hope of Chapter 2:13 reminds us, yet while in it, our relationships toward it are to bear true Christian character. God has Himself constituted proper a...
1-7 Spiritual privileges do not make void or weaken, but confirm civil duties. Mere good words and good meanings are not enough without good works. They were not to be quarrelsome, but to show meekne...
TITUS CHAPTER 3 TITUS 3:1,2 Christians are admonished to be subject to civil powers, and of a peaceable and quiet demeanour. TITUS 3:3 They are saved from their sins by God's mercy through Christ, but...
1 Clement Ye mourned over the transgressions of your neighbours: their deficiencies you deemed your own. Ye never grudged any act of kindness, being "ready to every good work."[10] Martyrdom of Poly...
Titus 3:1 Remind G5279 (G5720) them G846 subject G5293 (G5733) rulers G746 and G2532 authorities G1849 obey...
Titus 3:1. DUTY TO RULERS. Crete, formerly self-governed on a popular basis, bad since B.C. 67 been attached to the Roman province of Cyrene, and was restive under the yoke. Similar reminders that Chr...
_What Titus is to teach on the duties of social life_ (Titus 3:1-2) _enforced by a long argument drawn from the change which Christians had them-selves experienced through grace_ (Titus 3:3-7) _Exhort...
TO BE IN SUBJECTION TO RULERS, TO AUTHORITIES, TO BE OBEDIENT (αρχαις εξουσιαις υποτασσεσθα πειθαρχειν). Remarkable double asyndeton, no κα (and) between the two substantives or the two verbs. Πειθ...
Titus 3:1. _Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,_ You see, they were a rough, wild, rebellious people in Crete, and Christ...
Titus 3:1. _Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, to speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekne...
CONTENTS: Further instructions concerning pastoral work of a true minister. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Titus, Artemas, Tychicus, Zenas, Apollos. CONCLUSION: The ministers of Christ...
Titus 3:1. _Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers._ See on Romans 13:1. Titus 3:5. _Not by works of righteousness which we have done._ Good works being strongly enforced here, we...
REMIND YOUR PEOPLE. Crete had been under Roman control for about 100 years at this time, but the people were restive! The _circumcision party_ said no believer in the True God had any responsibility t...
TITUS—NOTE ON TITUS 3:1 Paul again describes “gospel living.” This time he emphasizes interaction with unbelievers. In general, the qualities encouraged here are in contrast to the description of the...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Titus 3:1. PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS.—The two words stand thus together to give fuller expression to the notion of authority. TO OBEY MAGISTRATES.—R.V. “to be obedien...
EXPOSITION TITUS 3:1 In _subjection _for _subject, _A.V.; _rulers _for _principalities. _A.V.; _to authorities _for _and powers, _A.V. and T.R.; _to be obedient _for _to obey magistrates, _A.V.; _un...
CHAPTER III Ver. 1. Passing from the more direct and spiritual obligations of the gospel, the apostle proceeds now to indicate the proper bearing of Christians toward the constituted authorities. It i...
But put them in mind to be subject to the principalities and powers, and to obey the magistrates, and to be ready to every good work (Titus 3:1), So here as in many other places, the Christian is exho...
1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Peter 2:13; 1 Timothy 2:2; 1 Timothy 4:6;...
Put them in mind [υ π ο μ ι μ ν η σ κ ε ε ξ ο υ σ ι α ι ς]. See on 2 Timothy 2:14, and on uJpomnhsin reminding, 2 Timothy 1:5. Principalities and powers [α ρ χ α ι ς ε ξ ο υ σ ι α ι ς]. Omit and. Prin...
Observe here, that in those early days of Christianity, great scandal was brought upon religion by the undutiful carriage of servants and subjects towards their masters and magistrates; and this upon....