1 tn This is the conclusion of a single, skillfully composed sentence in Greek encompassing Titus 3:4-7. Showing the goal of God’s merciful salvation, v. 7 begins literally, “in order that, being justified…we might become heirs…”
2 tn Grk “heirs according to the hope of eternal life.”
1 tn Grk “knowing” (as a continuation of the previous clause).
2 tn Grk “is perverted and is sinning.”
3 tn Grk “is sinning, being self-condemned.”
1 sn The overseer is another term for the same official position of leadership as the “elder.” This is seen in the interchange of the two terms in this passage and in Acts 20:17, 28, as well as in the parallels between these verses and 1 Tim 3:1-7.
2 tn Grk “as God’s steward.”