Titus 1:12

1:12 A certain one of them, in fact, one of their own prophets, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” ¹ 

Titus 3:3

3:3 For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

Titus 1:6

1:6 An elder must be blameless, ²  the husband of one wife, ³  with faithful children ⁴  who cannot be charged with dissipation or rebellion.

Titus 3:2

3:2 They must not slander ⁵  anyone, but be peaceable, gentle, showing complete courtesy to all people.

Titus 2:15

2:15 So communicate these things with the sort of exhortation or rebuke ⁶  that carries full authority. ⁷  Don’t let anyone look down ⁸  on you.

Titus 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ⁹  a slave ¹⁰  of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith ¹¹  of God’s chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth that is in keeping with godliness,

Titus 1:8

1:8 Instead he must be hospitable, devoted to what is good, sensible, upright, devout, and self-controlled.

Titus 2:13

2:13 as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing ¹²  of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. ¹³ 

Titus 3:10

3:10 Reject a divisive person after one or two warnings.

Titus 2:3

2:3 Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good.

Titus 2:5

2:5 to be self-controlled, ¹⁴  pure, fulfilling their duties at home, ¹⁵  kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message ¹⁶  of God may not be discredited. ¹⁷ 

Titus 2:8

2:8 and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss, ¹⁸  because he has nothing evil to say about us.

Titus 3:12

Final Instructions and Greeting

3:12 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.

Titus 1:7

1:7 For the overseer ¹⁹  must be blameless as one entrusted with God’s work, ²⁰  not arrogant, not prone to anger, not a drunkard, not violent, not greedy for gain.

[1:12]  ¹ sn A saying attributed to the poet Epimenides of Crete (6th century b.c.).

[1:6]  ² tn Grk “if anyone is blameless…” as a continuation of v. 5b, beginning to describe the elder’s character.

[1:6]  ³ tn Or “married only once,” “devoted solely to his wife.” See the note on “wife” in 1 Tim 3:2; also 1 Tim 3:12; 5:9.

[1:6]  ⁴ tn Or “believing children.” The phrase could be translated “believing children,” but the parallel with 1 Tim 3:4 (“keeping his children in control”) argues for the sense given in the translation.

[3:2]  ³ tn Or “discredit,” “damage the reputation of.”

[2:15]  ⁴ tn Or “reproof,” “censure.” The Greek word ἐλέγχω (elencw) implies exposing someone’s sin in order to bring correction.

[2:15]  ⁵ tn Grk “speak these things and exhort and rebuke with all authority.”

[2:15]  ⁶ tn Or “let anyone despise you”; or “let anyone disregard you.”

[1:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

[1:1]  ⁶ tn Traditionally, “servant” or “bondservant.” Though δοῦλος (doulos) is normally translated “servant,” the word does not bear the connotation of a free individual serving another. BDAG notes that “‘servant’ for ‘slave’ is largely confined to Biblical transl. and early American times…in normal usage at the present time the two words are carefully distinguished” (BDAG 260 s.v.). The most accurate translation is “bondservant” (sometimes found in the ASV for δοῦλος), in that it often indicates one who sells himself into slavery to another. But as this is archaic, few today understand its force.

[1:1]  ⁷ tn Grk “for the faith,” possibly, “in accordance with the faith.”

[2:13]  ⁶ tn Grk “the blessed hope and glorious appearing.”

[2:13]  ⁷ tn The terms “God and Savior” both refer to the same person, Jesus Christ. This is one of the clearest statements in the NT concerning the deity of Christ. The construction in Greek is known as the Granville Sharp rule, named after the English philanthropist-linguist who first clearly articulated the rule in 1798. Sharp pointed out that in the construction article-noun-καί-noun (where καί [kai] = “and”), when two nouns are singular, personal, and common (i.e., not proper names), they always had the same referent. Illustrations such as “the friend and brother,” “the God and Father,” etc. abound in the NT to prove Sharp’s point. The only issue is whether terms such as “God” and “Savior” could be considered common nouns as opposed to proper names. Sharp and others who followed (such as T. F. Middleton in his masterful The Doctrine of the Greek Article) demonstrated that a proper name in Greek was one that could not be pluralized. Since both “God” (θεός, qeos) and “savior” (σωτήρ, swthr) were occasionally found in the plural, they did not constitute proper names, and hence, do fit Sharp’s rule. Although there have been 200 years of attempts to dislodge Sharp’s rule, all attempts have been futile. Sharp’s rule stands vindicated after all the dust has settled. For more information on Sharp’s rule see ExSyn 270-78, esp. 276. See also 2 Pet 1:1 and Jude 4.

[2:5]  ⁷ tn Or “sensible.”

[2:5]  ⁸ tn Grk “domestic,” “keeping house.”

[2:5]  ⁹ tn Or “word.”

[2:5]  ¹⁰ tn Or “slandered.”

[2:8]  ⁸ tn Or “put to shame.”

[1:7]  ⁹ 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.

[1:7]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “as God’s steward.”