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Titus 3:1-15
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Matthew Henry on Titus 3:1-7Titus 3:1-7 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentarySpiritual privileges do not make void or weaken, but confirm civil duties. Mere good words and good meanings are not enough without good works. They were not to be quarrelsome, but to show meekness on all occasions, not…Exhortations to Several Duties; Characteristics of an Unrenewed State; The Import and Origin of Salvation; Regeneration; Justification. (a. d. 66.)Titus 3:1-8 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleEXHORTATIONS TO SEVERAL DUTIES; CHARACTERISTICS OF AN UNRENEWED STATE; THE IMPORT AND ORIGIN OF SALVATION; REGENERATION; JUSTIFICATION. (A. D. 66.) Here is the fourth thing in the matter of the epistle. The apostle had…The Pulpit Commentary on Titus 3:1Titus 3:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryIn subjection for subject, A.V.; rulers for principalities. A.V.; to authorities for and powers, A.V. and T.R.; to be obedient for to obey magistrates, A.V.; unto for to, A.V. Put them in mind ( ὑπομίμνησκε); as 2 Tim…The Pulpit Commentary on Titus 3:1-7Titus 3:1-7 · The Pulpit CommentaryMercy begetting mercy. The practical lessons of the gospel were not exhausted in the preceding chapter, nor the motives which urge believers to godliness. The call to holiness in the last chapter was based upon the holy…The Pulpit Commentary on Titus 3:1Titus 3:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryPolitical duties. The apostle now turns to the duties which Christians owe to the pagan world around them. I. THE NECESSITY OF THE INJUNCTION TO POLITICAL SUBMISSION. "Put them in mind." The words imply that the duty wa…The Pulpit Commentary on Titus 3:1-3Titus 3:1-3 · The Pulpit CommentaryDuty. "Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers," etc. "Very careful," says Dean Spence, "and searching have been the apostle's charges to Titus respecting the teachers of the Church, their doctrine a…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Titus 3:1-7Spiritual privileges do not make void or weaken, but confirm civil duties. Mere good words and good meanings are not enough without good works. They were not to be quarrelsome, but to show meekness on all occasions, not…Matthew HenrycommentaryExhortations to Several Duties; Characteristics of an Unrenewed State; The Import and Origin of Salvation; Regeneration; Justification. (a. d. 66.)EXHORTATIONS TO SEVERAL DUTIES; CHARACTERISTICS OF AN UNRENEWED STATE; THE IMPORT AND ORIGIN OF SALVATION; REGENERATION; JUSTIFICATION. (A. D. 66.) Here is the fourth thing in the matter of the epistle. The apostle had…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Titus 3:1In subjection for subject, A.V.; rulers for principalities. A.V.; to authorities for and powers, A.V. and T.R.; to be obedient for to obey magistrates, A.V.; unto for to, A.V. Put them in mind ( ὑπομίμνησκε); as 2 Tim…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Titus 3:1-7Mercy begetting mercy. The practical lessons of the gospel were not exhausted in the preceding chapter, nor the motives which urge believers to godliness. The call to holiness in the last chapter was based upon the holy…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Titus 3:1-3Duty. "Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers," etc. "Very careful," says Dean Spence, "and searching have been the apostle's charges to Titus respecting the teachers of the Church, their doctrine a…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Titus 3:1Political duties. The apostle now turns to the duties which Christians owe to the pagan world around them. I. THE NECESSITY OF THE INJUNCTION TO POLITICAL SUBMISSION. "Put them in mind." The words imply that the duty wa…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Titus 3:2Not to be contentious for to be no brawlers, A.V.; to be for but, A.V.; toward for unto, A.V. To speak evil of no man ( μηδένα βλασφημεῖν). Probably especially pointed in the first place at a natural tendency of oppre…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Titus 3:2The right deportment of Christians toward all men. It is described first negatively, then positively. I. THEY MUST NOT BE REVILERS. "To speak evil of no man." 1. What evils spring from the wrong use of the tongue! "It i…Joseph S. Exell and contributors