Titus 1:15

Titus 1:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
• New International Version (NIV)To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted.
• English Standard Version (ESV)To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
• New King James Version (NKJV)To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.

Context of Titus 1:15

13This description is true. So rebuke them sharply so that they will be sound in the faith and free from doctrinal error, 14not paying attention to Jewish myths and the commandments and rules of men who turn their backs on the truth. To the pure, all things are pure; but to the corrupt and unbelieving, nothing is pure; both their mind and their conscience are corrupted. 16They profess to know God [to recognize and be acquainted with Him], but by their actions they deny and disown Him. They are detestable and disobedient and worthless for good work of any kind.

Titus 1:15 word by word

Πάντα καθαρὰ τοῖς καθαροῖς· τοῖς δὲ μεμιαμμένοις καὶ ἀπίστοις οὐδὲν καθαρόν, ἀλλὰ μεμίανται αὐτῶν καὶ ὁ νοῦς καὶ ἡ συνείδησις.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• ·μένmen · on the other handG3303
• Unto the pureκαθαρόςkatharos · cleanG2513
• all thingsπᾶςpas · allG3956
• butδέde · thenG1161
• unto them that are defiledμιαίνωmiainō · to stainG3392
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• unbelievingἄπιστοςapistos · unbelievingG571
• nothingοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• mindνοῦςnous · mindG3563
• conscienceσυνείδησιςsuneidēsis · conscienceG4893

Commentaries on Titus 1:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Unto the pure all things are pure - This appears to have been spoken in reference to the Jewish distinctions of clean and unclean meats. To the genuine Christian every kind of meat proper for human nourishment is pure, is lawful, and may be used without scruple. This our Lord had long before decided. See on Luke 11:39-41; (note). But unto them that are defiled - In their consciences, and unbelieving, , unfaithful both to offered and received grace…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Unto the pure all things are pure - See the notes at Romans 14:14, Romans 14:20. There is probably an allusion here to the distinctions made in respect to meats and drinks among the Jews. Some articles of food were regarded as “clean,” or allowed to be eaten, and some as “unclean,” or forbidden. Paul says that those distinctions ceased under the Christian dispensation, and that to those who had a conscience not easily troubled by nice and delicate…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-16Verses 10-16 False teachers are described. Faithful ministers must oppose such in good time, that their folly being made manifest, they may go no further They had a base end in what they did; serving a worldly interest under pretence of religion: for the love of money is the root of all evil. Such should be resisted, and put to shame, by sound doctrine from the Scriptures. Shameful actions, the reproach of heathens, should be far from Christians…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15Compare 1 Timothy 4:3–5.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. all things--external, "are pure" in themselves; the distinction of pure and impure is not in the things, but in the disposition of him who uses them; in opposition to "the commandments of men" (Tit 1:14), which forbade certain things as if impure intrinsically. "To the pure" inwardly, that is, those purified in heart by faith (Ac 15:9; Ro 14:20; 1Ti 4:3), all outward things are pure; all are open to, their use. Sin alone touches and defiles the soul…Read the comment

Topics related to Titus 1:15

• Conscience
• Holiness
• Purity
• Unbelief
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Conscience
• Filthy
• Jewish
• Lucre
• Luke, Gospel according to
• Profess
• Pure
• Reprobate
• Striker
• Ashamed

Commentaries on Titus 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings