Titus 1:7

τὸν ἐυίσκοπον : On the use of the singular as a generic term See on 1 Timothy 3:2. Here, where the thought is of the various official functions of the minister, the official title is appropriate.

ἀνέγκλητον : See notes on 1Ti 3:2; 1 Timothy 3:10.

θεοῦ οἰκονόμον : a steward appointed by God (Luke 12:42; 1 Corinthians 9:17), in the house of God (1 Timothy 3:15), to dispense His mysteries and manifold grace (1 Corinthians 4:1; 1 Peter 4:10). θεοῦ is emphatic, suggesting that the steward of such a Lord should conform to the highest ideal of moral and spiritual qualifications.

αὐθάδη : self-assertive, arrogant. Vulg. has here superbum, but more accurately in 2 Peter 2:10, sibi placentes.

ὀργίλον : passionate, iracundum (Vulg.). The ὀργίλος is one who has not his passion of anger under control.

πάροινον, πλήκτην : See on 1 Timothy 3:3.

μὴ αἰσχροκερδῆ : This negative quality is required in deacons, 1 Timothy 3:8. Persons who are concerned in the administration of small sums must be such as are above the commission of petty thefts. There are no regulations here laid down for deacons; so we are entitled to conclude that in Crete, at this time, presbyters performed the duties of every Church office. Hence they should have the appropriate diaconal virtue. See note on 1 Timothy 3:8. On the other hand, it may be objected against this inference that in 1 Peter 5:2 μὴ αἰσχροκερδῶς is used of the spirit of the ideal presbyter.