Titus 1:9 BSB — MannaFest

Titus 1:9

He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.

BSB

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ASV

holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able both to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers.

KJV

Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Titus (420)

"But [he should be] hospitable, a lover of good, chaste, just, holy, continent or abstinent, one who holds to the correct doctrine, faithful in speech, so that [he] is able to comfort [others] in sound doctrine and refute those who contradict it." Above all, hospitality is required of a future bishop. For if everyone wishes to hear it from the Gospel: "I was a stranger and you took me in" (Matt. 25:35): how much more should a bishop, whose house should be a common inn for everyone!

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

LETTERS 53.3 (420)

To Titus he gives commandment that among a bishop's other virtues [which he briefly describes] he should be careful to seek a knowledge of the Scriptures. A bishop, he says, must hold fast "the faithful word as he has been taught that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers." In fact, want of education in a clergyman prevents him from doing good to any one but himself.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

I have kept the faith, was Paul's comfort ( 2 Tim. iv. 7 ), and not shunned to declare the whole counsel of God; there was his faithfulness, Acts xx. (2.) Here is the end: That he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort, and to convince the gainsayers, to persuade and draw others to the true faith, and to convince the contrary-minded.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Holding fast the faithful word - That is, the true doctrines of the gospel. This means that he is to hold this fast, in opposition to one who would wrest it away, and in opposition to all false teachers, and to all systems of false philosophy. He must be a man who is firm in his belief of the doctrines of the Christian faith, and a man who can be relied on to maintain and defend those doctrines in all circumstances; compare notes, 2Th 2:

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀντεχόμενον	antechomenon	holding	G472 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
κατὰ	kata	according to	G2596 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
διδαχὴν	didachēn	teaching	G1322 →
πιστοῦ	pistou	of [the] faithful	G4103 →
λόγου,	logou	word,	G3056 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
δυνατὸς	dunatos	able	G1415 →
ᾖ	ē	he may be	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	both	G2532 →
παρακαλεῖν	parakalein	to encourage	G3870 →
ἐν	en	with	G1722 →
τῇ	tēa	<the>	G3588 →
διδασκαλίᾳ	didaskalia	teaching	G1319 →
τῇ	tēa	<the>	G3588 →
ὑγιαινούσῃ	hugiainousē	sound	G5198 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τοὺς	tous	those	G3588 →
ἀντιλέγοντας	antilegontas	contradicting [it]	G483 →
ἐλέγχειν.¶	elegchein	to convict.	G1651 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Timothy 1:15
This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
leads to
- Mark 2:17
  On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
- Luke 19:10
  For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
- John 3:16–17
  For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- John 12:47
  As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
Through
1 Timothy 1:10
for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching
leads to
- 2 Timothy 4:3
  For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
2 Timothy 1:13
Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
leads to
- 2 Timothy 3:14
  But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them.
- Philippians 4:9
  Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
Through
2 Thessalonians 2:15
Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 11:2
  Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.