Titus 1:13

Titus 1:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
• New International Version (NIV)This saying is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith
• English Standard Version (ESV)This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
• New Living Translation (NLT)This is true. So reprimand them sternly to make them strong in the faith.

Context of Titus 1:13

11whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain. 12One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, 14not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth. 15To 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.

Titus 1:13 word by word

ἡ μαρτυρία αὕτη ἐστὶν ἀληθής· δι᾽ ἣν αἰτίαν ἔλεγχε αὐτοὺς ἀποτόμως, ἵνα ὑγιαίνωσιν ἐν τῇ πίστει,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• witnessὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• witnessμαρτυρίαmarturia · testimonyG3141
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• trueἀληθήςalēthēs · trueG227
• Whereforeδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• rebukeἐλέγχωelegchō · to rebukeG1651
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• sharplyἀποτόμωςapotomōs · severelyG664
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• they may be soundὑγιαίνωhugiainō · be healthyG5198
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• ·ὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• ·αἰτίαaitia · cause/chargeG156

Commentaries on Titus 1:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13This witness is true - What Epimenides said of them nearly 600 years before continued still to be true. Their original character had undergone no moral change. Rebuke them sharply - · Cuttingly, severely; show no indulgence to persons guilty of such crimes. That they may be sound in the faith - That they may receive the incorrupt doctrine, and illustrate it by a holy and useful life.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13This witness is true - That is, this testimony long before borne by one of their own number, was true when the apostle wrote to Titus. The fact that this was the general Character of the people, was a reason why he should be on his guard in introducing men into the ministry, and in the arrangement of affairs pertaining to the church. That it was true, see proofs in Wetstein. Wherefore rebuke them - Notes, 2 Timothy 4:2. Sharply - ̓́ apotomōs- “cuttingly…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. 13This testimony is true: See study note on 1:12. Being sound (or strong) in the faith is here defined as rejecting false teachings (compare 1:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. This witness--"This testimony (though coming from a Cretan) is true." sharply--Gentleness would not reclaim so perverse offenders. that they--that those seduced by the false teachers may be brought back to soundness in the faith. Their malady is strifes about words and questions (Tit 3:9; 1Ti 6:4).Read the comment

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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