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Titus 1:1-16
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commentaryMatthew Henry on Titus 1:1-4All are the servants of God who are not slaves of sin and Satan. All gospel truth is according to godliness, teaching the fear of God. The intent of the gospel is to raise up hope as well as faith; to take off the mind…Matthew HenrycommentaryIntroduction; The Apostle's Charge to Titus. (a. d. 66.)INTRODUCTION; THE APOSTLE'S CHARGE TO TITUS. (A. D. 66.) Here is the preface to the epistle, showing, I. The writer. Paul, a Gentile name taken by the apostle of the Gentiles, Acts 13:9. Ministers will accommodate even…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Titus 1:1Truth and life. "The truth which is after godliness." This was to be "acknowledged" or obeyed. For truth is not a library for the leisurely, or a mine for the curious. It is the present truth—the practical truth; a trut…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Titus 1:1-4Apostolic address and salutation. The full representation which the apostle gives of his apostolic office is designed at once to mark the authority by which he gives the instructions that follow, and to serve as an inde…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Titus 1:1Knowledge for acknowledging, A.V.; according to for after, A.V. A servant of God ( δοῦλος θεοῦ); so in the superscriptions: Romans 1:1; Philippians 1:1, ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ; James 1:1; 2 Peter 1:1; Jud 2 Peter 1:1; Revel…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Titus 1:1-16The ministry of character. The pastoral Epistles, and this chapter in particular, bring prominently before us the Christian ministry as of commanding importance in the scheme of Christianity. Christianity, the sum and s…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Titus 1:1-4Redemptive truth. "Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ," etc. These words direct our attention to certain phases of redemptive truth. The substratum of the gospel is not merely truth, but redemptive t…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Titus 1:1Christian ministry. "A servant of God." One of the great revelations of the gospel is the dignity of service. "To be ministered unto" was the end of Roman ambition. Pride and precedence ruled supreme. The Jews sought to…Joseph S. Exell and contributors