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Titus 1:7

The Pulpit Commentary on Titus 1:7

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The for a, A.V.: God's steward for the steward of God, A.V.; no brawler for not given to wine, A.V.; greedy of for given to, A.V. Blameless (see ). God's steward ( οἰκονόμον); comp. , ; .

(For the office of the steward, see , .) Self-willed ( αὐθάδη); elsewhere in the New Testament only in ; in the LXX. , and ; and common in classical Greek.

It is always used in a bad sense—stubborn, harsh, remorseless, and the like. Soon angry ( ὀργίλον); only here in the New Testament, found occasionally in the LXX., and common in classical Greek—passionate, quick-tempered, irascible (comp.

; ). Brawler ( πάροινον); see , note. Striker (, note). Greedy of filthy lucre ( αἰσχροχερδῆ) , , note.

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