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Verse 5. _NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS_] Those who were foolish,
disobedient, and deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, could
not possibly have _works of righteousness_ to plead; therefore,...
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NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WE HAVE DONE - The plan was not
based on our own good works, nor are our own good works now the cause
of our salvation. If people could have been saved by their own...
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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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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...
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For we too were once senseless, disobedient, misguided, slaves to all
kinds of desires and pleasures, living in maliciousness and envy,
detestable ourselves, and hating each other. But when the goodne...
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THE CHRISTIAN CITIZEN (Titus 3:1-2)...
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NOT. App-105.
BY. Greek. _ek_, App-104.
OF. Greek. _en_. App-104.
RIGHTEOUSNESS. App-191.
HAVE DONE. did,
ACCORDING TO. App-104., with texts.
BY. App-104.Titus 3:1.
THE WASHING... GHOST. Figure...
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_not by works of righteousness_ The exact grammatical form is rendered
by NOT BY VIRTUE OF WORKS, WORKS IN RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WE DID. We
should read the neut. accus. of the relative with the best
aut...
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WE HAVE NO REASON FOR PRIDE, BUT RATHER FOR THANKFULNESS...
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Ἅ. This reading is guaranteed by the majority of the uncials, viz.
אAC*D2*G, and by 17; the rec. text has ὦν, an obvious correction,
with CbD2cEKLP and many cursives and Fathers.
ΤῸ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂ ἜΛΕΟΣ. So...
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DISCOURSE: 2264
THE WORK OF THE TRINITY IN REDEMPTION
Titus 3:4. After that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward
man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but
accordin...
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NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, &C.— "For it was not by any works of
righteousness which we ourselves had done; for any acts of obedience,
whether to ceremonial or moral precepts, by which we had made...
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THE MOTIVE FOR PROPER CONDUCT Titus 3:3-7
_TEXT 3:3-7_
3 For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers
lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one
anoth...
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Not by works of righteousness which we have done, — Man is not saved
through his own good works. He cannot earn his way to heaven. As it is
written, There is none righteous, no, not one (Romans 3:10):...
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Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to
his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of
the Holy Ghost;
NOT BY, [ ex (G1537)] - 'Out of:' 'not as a...
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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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3:5 washing (b-28) 'Washing' is right here. It is a bath, or the water
for it. 'Regeneration' is not the same word as 'being born again,' nor
is it used so in scripture. The force of the word is a cha...
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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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BY THE WASHING OF REGENERATION] For 'washing,' 'laver' (i.e. place
where the washing took place) is better. Baptism is referred to here.
RENEWING OF THE HOLY GHOST] The baptism to be efficient must be...
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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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Verses 5-7 may be part of a song that they sang at a *baptism.
Christians should be grateful that Jesus has rescued them from their
*sin. People cannot save themselves. And God does not save them
bec...
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NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. — This by no means asserts that such
works ever had been done, and then produced, as it were, before the
bar of God, and weighed and found insufficient; but it simply
ma...
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CHAPTER 25
THE CO-OPERATION OF THE DIVINE PERSONS IN EFFECTING THE NEW BIRTH-THE
LAVER OF REGENERATION. - Titus 3:4
FOR the second time in this short letter we have one of those
statements of doctrin...
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The ἡμεῖς and ἡμᾶς refer to the same persons as those
mentioned in Titus 3:3, _i.e._, the apostles and those who have had a
similar experience. The verse may be paraphrased as a statement of
fact thus...
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Cretans who hear this epistle need not feel hurt as though I were
thinking of them with exceptional severity. We were such ourselves
until we came to know the love of God, unmerited and saving and
san...
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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;...
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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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SAVED BY GOD'S MERCY
Yet, God was gently disposed toward all mankind. He initiated efforts
to save man by sending the Savior to earth. Though man may do a
multitude of good deeds, he cannot earn salva...
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Not by works of (a) righteousness which we have done, but according to
his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of
the (b) Holy Ghost;
(a) Literally, "of works which are do...
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Not by the works, &c. St. Paul in this verse alludes to the sacrament
of baptism. This text is brought by divines to prove that baptism,
like every other sacrament, produces its effect by its own powe...
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(4) But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man
appeared, (5) Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but
according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regener...
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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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_LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST_
‘Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to
His mercy He saved us.’
Titus 3:5
St. Paul had left Titus in Crete, ‘to set in order the things that...
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5_Not by works _(259) Let us remember that here Paul addresses his
discourse to believers, and describes the manner in which they entered
into the kingdom of God. He affirms that by their works they d...
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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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NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WE HAVE DONE,.... The great
instance of the kindness and love of God our Saviour is salvation;
which the apostle denies that it is brought about by any works, even...
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Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his
mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the
Holy Ghost;
Ver. 5. _Which we have done_] We that are ban...
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_But after that the kindness_ Χρηστοτης, _the goodness, the
benignity_, και φιλανθρωπια, _and philanthropy, love
toward man, of God our Saviour, appeared_ Επεφανη, _was
manifested_, or _shone forth_,...
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THE WASHING OF REGENERATION AND ITS WONDERFUL POWER....
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NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WE HAVE DONE, BUT ACCORDING TO HIS
MERCY HE SAVED US, BY THE WASHING OF REGENERATION AND RENEWING OF THE
HOLY GHOST,...
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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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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...
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NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WE HAVE DONE; _not according to
our works,_ 2 TIMOTHY 1:9, whether ceremonial or moral. BUT ACCORDING
TO HIS MERCY; but from his own bowels freely yearning upon per...
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Tertullian On Modesty
modesty which is being shaken to its foundation-(Christian modesty),
which derives its all from heaven; its nature, "through the layer of
regeneration; "[5]
Cyprian Epistle LXX...
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Titus 3:5 not G3756 by G1537 works G2041 of G1722 righteousness G1343
which G3739 we G2249 done G4160 ...
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Titus 3:5. SAVED is the main word: what precedes describes its source,
negative and positive; what follows, its manner, in outer rite and
inward influence. ‘Not in consequence of works,' ‘which we
(em...
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_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...
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DONE
(not in the Greek, only the article τÂων), "not as a result of
works those in righteousness which we did." Same idea as in Romans
3:20.ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY HE SAVED US
(κατα το αυτου ελεος...
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RIGHTEOUSNESS
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 10:3). _
SAVED
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16). _...
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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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HE SAVED US. "We could not save ourselves, so He acted to give us a
way out of our doom!" See Romans 8:1-4 and notes. IT WAS NOT BECAUSE.
We could not place an obligation on Him! BUT BECAUSE. His own...
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TITUS—NOTE ON TITUS 3:5 Salvation comes BY THE WASHING OF
REGENERATION AND RENEWAL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. Some have understood this
as saying that baptism (“the washing”) causes salvation. However,
in th...
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TITUS—NOTE ON TITUS 3:3 As in Titus 2:11, Paul explains how his
encouragements to godly living (Titus 3:1) are based on the gospel. T
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Titus 3:4. AFTER THAT THE KINDNESS.—The original word
(χρηστότης) is a beautiful word for a beautiful grace,
pervading and penetrating the whole nature, mellowing ther...
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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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Ver. 5. Here the apostle carefully guards the divine benignity and
loving-kindness with respect to the freeness of its actings: _not of
works works in righteousness which we did,_ (There is a diversit...
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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 Corinthians 6:11; 1 Peter 1:3; 1 Peter 2:10; 1 Peter 3:21; 2 Tim
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Not by works of righteousness which we have done [ο υ κ ε ξ ε ρ
γ ω ν τ ω ν ε ν δ ι κ α ι ο σ υ ν η α ε π ο ι
η σ α μ ε ν]. Lit. not by works, those namely in righteousness,
which we did. The thought...
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Not by works — In this important passage the apostle presents us
with a delightful view of our redemption. Herein we have, The cause of
it; not our works or righteousness, but "the kindness and love o...