Passage Research
Titus 1 — Sermon Preparation
Paul instructs Titus on the qualifications for elders in Crete and directs him to rebuke sharply those who are distorting the truth with their teaching. Below is a research summary for Titus 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
- 16
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Titus 1 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| καθαρός | katharós | G2513 | 3 | clean, clear, pure |
| δεῖ | deî | G1163 | 3 | behoved, be meet, must, need |
| ἀνυπότακτος | anypótaktos | G506 | 2 | disobedient, that is not put under, unruly |
| μιαίνω | miaínō | G3392 | 2 | defile |
| ἀνέγκλητος | anénklētos | G410 | 2 | blameless |
| ὑγιαίνω | hygiaínō | G5198 | 2 | be in health, sound, whole |
| πίστις | pístis | G4102 | 3 | assurance, belief, believe, faith |
How preachers through history handled this text
16 public-domain excerpts on Titus 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“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; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Titus 1:10–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Crete— Titus 1:12
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