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Verse 14. _AND LET OTHERS ALSO LEARN TO MAINTAIN GOOD WORKS_] There
is something very remarkable in this expression. The words καλων
εργων προιστασθαι, which we translate _to maintain
good_ _works_,...
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AND LET OURS - Our friends; that is, those who were Christians Paul
had just directed Titus to aid Zenas and Apollos himself, and he here
adds that he wished that others who were Christians would be c...
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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)...
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CLOSING MESSAGES.
Paul will send Artemas or Tychicus to fill Titus-' post when he leaves
for Nicopolis (doubtless the Nicopolis in Epirus). For Tychicus see 2
Timothy 4:12 *, which implies that he was...
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THE CHRISTIAN CITIZEN (Titus 3:1-2)...
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When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at
Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.
Do your best to help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way. See to
i...
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OURS. one people.
FOR. App-104,
NECESSARY. Greek. _anankaios_. As in Acts 13:46.
USES. Literally needs, Greek. chesia.
NOT. App-106.
UNFRUITFUL. Greek. _eskarpos_. Elsewhere, Matthew 18:22. Mar 4:...
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_let ours also learn_ More clearly as R.V. AND LET OUR PEOPLE ALSO
LEARN. Theod. Mops, excellently, because Titus (as a poor person)
could not be expected to do all, -teach," he says, -your people to...
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Personal directions. As to the conjectural chapter of biography of
which we have traces here, see introduction, pp. 40 44. We may suppose
that the object of the sending Tychicus or Artemas was to take...
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FINAL CHARGE TO THE CHRISTIANS AT CRETE
14. ΜΑΝΘΑΝΈΤΩΣΑΝ ΔῈ ΚΑῚ ΟἹ ἩΜΈΤΕΡΟΙ
ΚΑΛΩ͂Ν ἝΡΓΩΝ ΠΡΟῙ̓ΣΤΑΣΘΑΙ. _And let our
people also_, sc. the Christian brethren at Crete, _learn to maintain
good works_....
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ΜΑΝΘΑΝΈΤΩΣΑΝ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΜΑΝΘΆΝΩ
(G3129) учиться,
ΠΡΟΪ́ΣΤΑΣΘΑΙ _praes. med. (dep.) inf. от_
ΠΡΟΪ́ΣΤΗΜΙ (G4291), _см._ Titus 3:8.
ΆΝΑΓΚΑΙΟΣ (G316) необходимый,
ΏΣΙΝ _praes. conj. act....
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AND LET OUR'S ALSO LEARN, &C.— _"Let our brethren learn_ (as I said
Titus 3:8.) _to be foremost in the practice of good works upon needful
occasions;_ particularly to assist such Christian brethren as...
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CONCLUSION 3:12-15
_Text 3:12-15_
12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, give diligence to
come unto me to Nicopolis: for there I have determined to winter.
13 Set forward Zenas the law...
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And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses,
—This is a reference to the Cretian disciples. They were to profess
honest trades. It was important for the disciples to be self
supp...
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And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses,
that they be not unfruitful. AND [ De (G1161 ): BUT] LET OURS ALSO -
Not only thou, but let others also of 'our' fellow-believers (w...
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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...
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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...
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OUR'S] 'our people' (RV); i.e. the Christian community in Crete. FOR
NECESSARY USES] i.e. for helping such persons as Zenas and Apollos to
give their time to Church extension. We should say, 'See that...
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‘Our people’ refers to Christians. Paul wanted all the Christians,
not just Titus, to be generous. The Christians in Crete had to work
hard and not be lazy (1:12). They would be able to provide for th...
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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...
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AND LET OUR’S ALSO LEARN TO MAINTAIN GOOD WORKS FOR NECESSARY USES.
— “Ours,” that is, those who with St. Paul and Titus in Crete
called upon the name of Jesus. A last reminder to the brethren, whom
w...
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The δέ does not mark an antithesis between οἱ ἡμέτεροι
and the persons who have just been mentioned, but is rather resumptive
of Titus 3:8; repeating and emphasising at the close of the letter
that wh...
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Come to me, as soon as you can be spared. Forward Zenas and Apollos.
Let our friends in Crete remember that fruitfulness in good works is
the one thing needful for them....
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MAINTAINING GOOD WORKS
Titus 3:8
It is wise advice that we should try to shun controversy and
disputations. Small benefit accrues from such methods of advancing the
truth. After all, the Lord's test...
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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...
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CLOSING WORDS
Paul apparently planned to send either Artemas or Tychicus to take
Titus' place in Crete (compare 2 Timothy 4:12; Acts 20:4; Ephesians
6:21-22;...
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_ Let our men (that is, all Christians) also learn to excel in good
and charitable works, by furnishing to others, for necessary uses,
according to their wants. (Witham)_...
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(12) When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to
come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter. (13)
Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligen...
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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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14_And let ours also learn to excel in good works. _(268) That the
Cretans, on whom he lays this burden, may not complain of being loaded
with the expense, he reminds them that they _must not be unfru...
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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...
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AND LET OURS ALSO LEARN TO MAINTAIN GOOD WORKS,.... By which are not
only meant honest trades, as some choose to render the words: it is
true, that a trade is a work; and an honest lawful employment o...
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And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses,
that they be not unfruitful.
Ver. 14. _To maintain good works_] _See Trapp on "_ Tit 3:8 _"_
That they be not unfruitful] As drone...
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_Bring_ Or send forward; _Zenas the lawyer_ Zenas is mentioned in this
passage only, and called νομικον, _the lawyer_, because,
according to Jerome's interpretation, which is also that of Dr.
Benson,...
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OURS; those of our side, those who profess godliness.
MAINTAIN GOOD WORKS; live godly lives, and habitually and diligently
pursue some useful business.
FOR NECESSARY USES; that they may have the mean...
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AND LET OURS ALSO LEARN TO MAINTAIN GOOD WORKS FOR NECESSARY USES,
THAT THEY BE NOT UNFRUITFUL....
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FINAL DIRECTIONS AND GREETINGS....
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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...
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MAINTAIN GOOD WORKS:
Or, profess honest trades...
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12-15 Christianity is not a fruitless profession; and its professors
must be filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus
Christ, to the glory and praise of God. They must be doing goo...
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AND LET OURS ALSO; either those of our order, ministers of the gospel,
or those that are Christians. LEARN TO MAINTAIN GOOD WORKS; in the
Greek it is, to excel, or to be in the front, or to show forth...
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Titus 3:14 And G1161 let G3129 our G2251 also G2532 learn G3129
(G5720) maintain G4291 (G5733) good...
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Titus 3:14. Not Titus alone, but (OURS, a unique phrase) the Cretan
brethren were to share in this fitting out of the two travellers. It
would be an exercise in Christian beneficence and a lesson to
‘...
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OUR PEOPLE
(ο ημετερο). "Our folks." The Cretan converts, not just Paul's
friends.LET LEARN
(μανθανετωσαν). Present active imperative, keep on
learning how.TO MAINTAIN
(προιστασθα). See verse T...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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TO PROVIDE FOR REAL NEEDS. Such as mentioned in Titus 3:13.
Christianity teaches a "work-ethic" (see Ephesians 4:28; 2
Thessalonians 3:6-13). The _gospel_ does have a _social side!_...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Titus 3:13. ZENAS THE LAWYER.—Otherwise unknown. Either a Jew
learned in the Scriptures, or a _juris consultus_. Perhaps the
“lawyer” may show what he was before conv...
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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...
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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...
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1 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Peter 1:8; 2 Thessalonians 3:8; Acts 18:3;...
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And let ours — All our brethren at Crete. Learn — Both by thy
admonition and example. Perhaps they had not before assisted Zenas and
Apollos as they ought to have done....
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LET OURS, that is, either,
1. Those of our order, the ministers of the gospel, or
2. those that are our converts, such as are Christians,
let them study to excel in good works, be diligent in the l...