_DIRECTIONS GIVEN UNTO TITUS, BOTH FOR HIS DOCTRINE AND LIFE. OF THE DUTY OF SERVANTS, AND IN GENERAL OF ALL CHRISTIANS._ THE apostle having directed Titus to ordain elders in every city, and described the character and qualifications of the persons whom he was to invest with offices in the church;... [ Continue Reading ]
SOBER,— Or, _Prudent._... [ Continue Reading ]
IN BEHAVIOUR AS BECOMETH HOLINESS,— _That they behave with sanctity of manners._ Heylin. [_Exhort_] _to that steadiness which becometh saints._ Doddridge. See 1 Timothy 2:9. 1 Peter 3:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
KEEPERS AT HOME,— The word Οικουρους, according to Elsner, signifies not only _keeping at home,_ but _an attentive looker after domestic affairs._ Hesychius explains it by "one who takes care of the things belonging to the house, and keeps them." Some would join the next epithet with this, and read... [ Continue Reading ]
IN DOCTRINE SHEWING UNCORRUPTNESS, &C.— Speaking nothing but the genuine truth; and let it be attended with a gravity in declaring it, proportionable to its importance, and proceed from sincerity of heart.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT PURLOINING,— _Not privately defrauding_ or _embezzling_— Μη νοσφιζομενους : which properly signifies _keeping back part of the worth of any thing,_ and is used in the case of Ananias's secreting a part, where the whole was pretended to be returned, Acts 5:2. _Servants,_ at least among the Heathe... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE GRACE OF GOD—HATH APPEARED, &C.— The word Χαρις properly signifies _favour,_ and in the sacred writings expresses the free and unmerited goodness of God, in sending his only begotten Son to declare his will, and to redeem us from our iniquities by his death. Sometimes the _effects_ of this w... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE GLORIOUS APPEARING— _Even the glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour._ We may observe, in support of this version, which is perfectly agreeable to the original, that we never read in scripture of the appearance of God the Father; and consequently we have in this text as strong a pro... [ Continue Reading ]
A PECULIAR PEOPLE,— The word περιουσιον, rendered _peculiar,_ does not appear to have been used by any of the ancient prophane writers. The LXX seem first to have framed it, in order to express the Hebrew סגלה _Segleh,_ a _peculium,_ a peculiar treasure or property. The phrase Λαος περιουσιος signif... [ Continue Reading ]