Titus 1:14

Titus 1:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
• English Standard Version (ESV)not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.
• New King James Version (NKJV)not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth.
• New Living Translation (NLT)They must stop listening to Jewish myths and the commands of people who have turned away from the truth.

Context of Titus 1:14

12One of Crete’s own prophets has said it: “Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.” 13This saying is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the merely human commands of those who reject the truth. 15To 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. 16They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.

Titus 1:14 word by word

μὴ προσέχοντες Ἰουδαϊκοῖς μύθοις καὶ ἐντολαῖς ἀνθρώπων ἀποστρεφομένων τὴν ἀλήθειαν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Notμήmē · notG3361
• giving heed toπροσέχωprosechō · to watch outG4337
• JewishἸουδαϊκόςIoudaikos · JewishG2451
• fablesμῦθοςmuthos · mythG3454
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• commandmentsἐντολήentolē · commandmentG1785
• of menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• that turn fromἀποστρέφωapostrephō · to turn awayG654
• the truthὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the truthἀλήθειαalētheia · truthG225

Commentaries on Titus 1:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Not giving heed to Jewish fables - See on 1 Timothy 1:4; (note); 1 Timothy 4:7; (note). Commandments of men - The injunctions of the scribes and Pharisees, which they added to the law of God. That turn from the truth - For such persons made the word of God of none effect by their traditions. Sometimes the verb signifies to be averse from, slight, or despise. So, here, the persons in question despised the truth, and taught others to do the same.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Not giving heed to Jewish fables … - See the notes at 1 Timothy 1:4. And commandments of men that turn from the truth - Notes, Matthew 15:3-5.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. 14Jewish myths: See 3:9; 1 Timothy 1:4; 4:7; 2 Timothy 4:4. have rejected the truth: This was apostasy not mere unbelief. Apostasy is when someone abandons or rejects their beliefs. See 1 Timothy 1:6–7.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. Jewish fables--(See on 1Ti 1:4; 1Ti 4:7; 2Ti 4:4). These formed the transition stage to subsequent Gnosticism; as yet the error was but profitless, and not tending to godliness, rather than openly opposed to the faith. commandments of men--as to ascetic abstinence (Tit 1:15; Mr 7:7-9; Col 2:16, 20-23; 1Ti 4:3). that turn from the truth--whose characteristic is that they turn away from the truth (2Ti 4:4).Read the comment

Topics related to Titus 1:14

• Commandments
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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