Titus 1:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.e ”

Titus 1:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They profess that they know God - That is, the Jewish teachers particularly, who are referred to in Titus 1:14 . All those persons were professors of religion, and claimed that they had a specia...
Titus 1:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Titus-' Attitude to False Teachers. Loyalty to sound doctrine is needful for silencing many deceitful teachers not outside the Church (Hort), but self-constituted instructors within its borders, wh...
Titus 1:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

profess . Greek. homologea . Compare Romans 10:9 ; Romans 10:10 . know , App-132. in . by. No preposition. deny . Greek. arneomai . See Titus 2:12 . Compare 2 Timothy 2:12 ; 2 Timothy 3...
Titus 1:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16 They profess that they know God He treats those persons as they deserve; for hypocrites, who give their whole attention to minute observances, despise fearlessly what constitutes the chie...
Titus 1:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2261 FALSE PROFESSORS DESCRIBED Titus 1:16 . They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him . AT a time when the profession of godliness is everywhere abounding, it is o...
Titus 1:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him , being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. They profess that they know God - He still speaks concerning the...
Titus 1:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

They profess that they know God,— This was their grand pretence for Christianity, and opposing St. Paul; namely, that they best understood the revelation of the mind and will of God in the gospel,...
Titus 1:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. They profess - i:e., make a profession acknowledging God. Th...
Titus 1:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Greeting. Directions For Organising the Cretan Church 1-16. 'Paul an Apostle, to Titus his own son in the faith. In appointing elders in the towns of Crete, see to their character, and be sure tha...
Titus 1:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him. — These bitter foes to the truth, Titus must remember, will present themselves under the guise of friends. They will rank themselves in...
Titus 1:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Reprove Those Whose Works Deny God Titus 1:10-16 The Judaizing teachers, who insisted that men must become Jews before they could be Christians, were always on Paul's heels, visiting his church...
Titus 1:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Titus is not mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles. From the letter we learn that he was a convert of the apostle. Moreover, we know that he was a Greek. This letter reached him while he was in Cret...
Titus 1:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(12) One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. (13) This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in...
Titus 1:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They profess that they know God ,.... That there is a God; that there is but one, only, true, and living God, the God of Israel, as professed by the Jews; and that this God is Father, Son, and Spiri...
Titus 1:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him , being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. Ver. 16. They profess that they know ] Aliud in titulo, aliu...
Titus 1:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Unto the pure Namely, believers whose hearts are purified by faith, Acts 15:9 ; all things are pure All kinds of meats are lawful to be used; but unto them that are defiled Who are still under...
Titus 1:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Paul writes both as a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, so that in the epistle considerate care is mingled with firm authority. His basis of writing is, first, the faith of God's elect;...
Titus 1:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Qualifications of a Bishop; The Necessity of Sharp Reproof. A. D. 66. 6 If any be blamel...
Titus 1:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; They profess that they know God; he is speaking of the Jews, who (all of them) professed to know and to believe one living and true God. But in works they deny him; but they lived like a...
Titus 1:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Titus 1:15 . Unto the pure all things are pure. —This saying concentrates all the opposition to fictitious holiness and purity which made the apostle the object of...
Titus 1:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

While reading this chapter, we must understand that Titus was sent to Crete, to superintend the preaching of the gospel throughout that island. Crete was at that time inhabited by a people who were o...
Titus 1:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Titus 1:1 . Paul, a servant of God, and not a servant of Moses. This style is much the same as in 2 Timothy 1:1 , respecting the promise of eternal life. This promise is according to the faith o...
Titus 1:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

They profess that they know God Conventional Christians I. Conventional Christians are professional atheists. II. Conventional Christians are practical atheists. 1. They deny Go...
Titus 1:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Titus 1:1 Knowledge 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 ,...
Titus 1:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The False Teachers Characterized and the Question of How to Deal with Them Discussed.
Titus 1:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 15:22 ; 1 Samuel 15:24 ; 1 Timothy 1:9 ; 2 Timothy 3:5-8 ; 2 Timothy 3:8 ; Ephesians 5:6 ; Ezekiel 33:31 ; Hosea 8:2 ; Hosea 8:3 ; Isaiah 29:13 ; Isaiah 48:1 ; Isaiah 58:2 ; Jer...
Titus 1:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Epistle to Titus Titus 1:1-16 and Titus 2:1-15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Epistle of Paul to Titus carries with it some very striking "admonitions which will be found most helpful to us....

Titus 1:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Titus 1:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Titus 1:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Titus 1:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Titus 1:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Titus 1:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Titus 1:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Titus 1:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Titus 1:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Titus 1:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Titus 1:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Titus 1:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Titus 1:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Titus 1:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Titus 1:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Titus 1:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Titus 1:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Titus 1:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Titus 1:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Titus 1:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Titus 1:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Titus 1:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Titus 1:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Titus 1:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Titus 1:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Titus 1:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Titus 1:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary