Who rebel and deceive others. In a sense, only a Christian can rebel or be a hypocrite. Paul points to Christian Jews (the circumcision party) as being the most guilty of things like this. Compare Paul's Letter to the Galatians.
TITUS 1:10 polloi. @kai,# {C} It is difficult to decide whether kai, was added in accordance with the rhetorical usage known as hendiadys, or whether it was omitted by copyists who, not appreciating...
Verse 10. _THERE ARE MANY UNRULY_] Persons who will not receive the sound doctrine, nor come under wholesome discipline. _VAIN TALKERS_] Empty boasters of knowledge, rights, and particular privileges...
FOR THERE ARE MANY UNRULY AND VAIN TALKERS AND DECEIVERS - There are many persons who are indisposed to submit to authority (see the word unruly in Titus 1:6); many who are vain talkers - who are more...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The salutation (Titus 1:1)_ 2. Instructions concerning elders (Titus 1:5) 3. Warnings against false teachers (Titus 1:10)...
TITUS-' ATTITUDE TO FALSE TEACHERS. Loyalty to sound doctrine is needful for silencing many deceitful teachers not outside the Church (Hort), but self-constituted instructors within its borders, who r...
THE MAINSPRINGS OF APOSTLESHIP (Titus 1:1-4)...
For there are many who are undisciplined, empty talkers, deceivers. Those of the circumcision are especially so. They must be muzzled. They are the kind of people who upset whole households, by teachi...
AND. Omit. VAIN TALKERS. Greek. _mataiologos_. Only here. Compare 1 Timothy 1:6. DECEIVERS. Greek. _phrenapates_. Only hare. Not peculiar to N.T. The verb occurs Galatians 1:6; Galatians 1:3,...
The unruly rival teachers are to be repressed 10. _many unruly_ Add MEN, leaving the pair of attributes to go together, as in the Pauline usage, EMPTY TALKERS AND DECEIVERS OF THE MIND. Both compounds...
THE HERETICAL TEACHERS AND TITUS’ DUTY IN REGARD TO THEM...
ΠΟΛΛΟΊ. The rec. text inserts καὶ after πολλοί with D2EGKL d e f g; but it is unnecessary for the sense and must be omitted as not found in אACIP, the Syriac or the Bohairic versions. ἘΚ ΤΗ͂Σ ΠΕΡΙΤΟΜΗ...
ΕΊΣΊΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть, ΓΆΡ (G136) "ибо" указывает на причину. ΜΑΤΑΙΟΛΌΓΟΙ (G3151) бесполезные слова, злые разговоры; то есть использование сильных выражений, в которых мало и...
FOR THERE ARE MANY UNRULY, &C.— St. Paul had his eye from the beginning of the epistle all along, upon the persons whom he describes in this and the following verses. This close and excellent writer n...
THE DESCRIPTION AND REFUTATION OF FALSE TEACHERS Titus 1:10-16. _TEXT 1:10-16_ 10 For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision, 11 whose mouths must...
For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, —In his life and work there will be many who challenge the truths of God’s word. The elder is to be equipped and ready to answer those challen...
For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: UNRULY, [ anupotaktoi (G506)] - 'insubordinate.' AND. So Delta G f g, Vulgate. Omitted in 'Aleph (') A C....
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...
GREETING. DIRECTIONS FOR ORGANISING THE CRETAN CHURCH 1-16. 'Paul an Apostle, to Titus his own son in the faith. In appointing elders in the towns of Crete, see to their character, and be sure that t...
A GUIDE FOR CHRISTIAN LEADERS TITUS _HILDA BRIGHT AND HELEN POCOCK_ ABOUT THIS LETTER WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT TITUS Titus was a *Gentile Christian (Galatians 2:3). Titus had probably become a Christi...
FOR THERE ARE MANY UNRULY AND VAIN TALKERS AND DECEIVERS. — Nominally in the congregations of Christians, but in reality refusing all obedience, acting for themselves, factious, insubordinate. Titus w...
The persons spoken of here were Christian Jews. οἱ ἐκ περιτομῆς (without τῆς, see crit. note) has this meaning in reff. (in Acts 10:45 it is qualified by the addition of πιστοί). Romans 4:12, is not r...
I have just mentioned rebuke as a necessary element in a presbyter's teaching. This is especially needful in dealing with Cretan heretics, in whom the Jewish strain is disagreeably prominent. Alike in...
REPROVE THOSE WHOSE WORKS DENY GOD Titus 1:10 The Judaizing teachers, who insisted that men must become Jews before they could be Christians, were always on Paul's heels, visiting his churches and di...
Titus is not mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles. From the letter we learn that he was a convert of the apostle. Moreover, we know that he was a Greek. This letter reached him while he was in Crete,...
HOLDING FAST THE TRUTH Elders will cling to the truth, even in the face of strong opposition (Titus 1:9). They are ministers of the word, as the words "able to teach" would indicate (1 Timothy 3:2). O...
(10) For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the (l) circumcision: (10) An applying of the general proposition to a particular: the Cretians above all others need...
For there are also many. St. Paul here alludes principally to the Jews, who were of the circumcision, from whom St. Paul suffered much during the greater part of his life. They constantly enforced the...
(4) To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. (5) В¶ For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest s...
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...
10_For there are many unruly. _(224) After having laid down a general rule, which ought to be everywhere observed, in order that Titus may be more attentive to adhere to it, he holds out to him the ur...
The Epistle to Titus is occupied with the maintenance of order in the churches of God. The especial object of those written to Timothy as the maintenance of sound doctrine, although speaking of other...
FOR THERE ARE MANY UNRULY,.... Persons who are not subject to the law of God, or Gospel of Christ; whose spirits are not subject to the prophets; and who will not submit themselves to them that have t...
For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: Ver. 10. _For there are many unruly_] Lawless, yokeless, masterless men, untractable, untameable, that re...
_For there are many unruly_ Subject to no order; _and vain talkers_ Ματαιολογοι, persons who utter a multitude of foolish and trifling things, especially concerning genealogies and fables; _and deceiv...
THE CIRCUMCISION; Jews....
THE FALSE TEACHERS CHARACTERIZED AND THE QUESTION OF HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM DISCUSSED....
For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision,...
Paul writes both as a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, so that in the epistle considerate care is mingled with firm authority. His basis of writing is, first, the faith of God's elect; t...
10-16 False teachers are described. Faithful ministers must oppose such in good time, that their folly being made manifest, they may go no further They had a base end in what they did; serving a worl...
FOR THERE ARE MANY UNRULY AND VAIN TAKERS: we have had both of these words before; the first signifieth stubborn, unruly men; the second, idle, foolish, vain talkers: the apostle saith, that in that a...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians For there are some vain talkers[33] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I "For there are," he says, "many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers: "[94]...
Titus 1:10 For G1063 are G1526 (G5748) many G4183 insubordinate G506 both G2532 talkers G3151 and G2532 deceivers...
_Character of both the Teachers and the People of Crete, to show the danger to which that Church was exposed, and from which the new Presbyters were to rescue it,_ 10-16. Titus 1:10. UNRULY; for Jews...
VAIN TALKERS (ματαιολογο). Late and rare compound, empty talkers, in Vett. Val. and here. See 1 Timothy 1:6 for ματαιολογια.DECEIVERS (φρεναπατα). Late and rare compound, in papyri, eccl. writers,...
While reading this chapter, we must understand that Titus was sent to Crete, to superintend the preaching of the gospel throughout that island. Crete was at that time inhabited by a people who were on...
CONTENTS: Divine order for local churches. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Titus. CONCLUSION: Divine faith rests not on fallible reasonings and opinions of men, but on the infallible Word of God, the...
Titus 1:1. _Paul, a servant of God,_ and not a servant of Moses. This style is much the same as in 2 Timothy 1:1, respecting the promise of eternal life. This promise is _according to the faith of God...
_For __THERE_ _ARE_ _MANY_ _UNRULY_ _AND_ _VAIN_ _TALKERS_ _AND_ _DECEIVERS__--The conjunction “for” showeth that the words following contain a reason of the matter preceding, viz._ , why the ministe...
TITUS—NOTE ON TITUS 1:10 The Problem: False Teachers. The description of the false teachers contrasts directly with the descriptions of what the elders should be (vv. Titus 1:5).
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Titus 1:10. VAIN TALKERS.—Men of aimless speech, which is devoid of any good result. Men whose speech tendeth to poverty. DECEIVERS.—The word, which is peculiar to St....
EXPOSITION TITUS 1:1 _Knowledge _for _acknowledging, _A.V.; _according to _for _after, _A.V. A SERVANT OF GOD (δοῦλος Θεοῦ); so in the superscriptions: Romans 1:1;...
Vers. 10, 11. The apostle now, taking occasion from the last clause in the preceding verse, proceeds to discourse of the peculiar character of the adversaries whom the infant church in Crete had to co...
Not much is known about Titus. Paul makes slight references to him in the Corinthian epistles. Outside of that we know very little about Titus, except what we can pick up in the book. Evidently he was...
1 John 2:18; 1 John 4:1; 1 Timothy 1:4; 1 Timothy 1:6; 1 Timothy 6:3;...
Vain talkers [μ α τ α ι ο λ ο γ ο ι]. N. T. o. o LXX, o Class. See on vain jangling, 1 Timothy 1:6. Deceivers [φ ρ ε ν α π α τ α ι]. N. T. o. o LXX, o Class. See on frenapatan to deceive, Galatians 6...
THE EPISTLE TO TITUS Titus 1:1 _and Titus 2:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Epistle of Paul to Titus carries with it some very striking "admonitions which will be found most helpful to us. Titus was a yo...
They of the circumcision — The Jewish converts....
A reason is here subjoined by our apostle, why Titus should take such special care to fill the church with able guides, namely, because there was. multitude of false teachers dispersed abroad, and sca...