TITUS 1:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:”
For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party — the false teachers are characterized by insubordination (anypotaktoi) to apostolic authority, empty speech (mataiologoi — idle/vain talkers), and deceptive methods. The circumcision party (hoi ek peritomēs) refers to Judaizing opponents who demand legal observance, a persistent threat to Pauline churches documented across Acts and his epistles. These are not merely mistaken but morally deficient in their rebellion.
Church Fathers on Titus 1:10
You see what intensity of virtue he required. “Not given to filthy lucre,” that is, showing great contempt for money. “A lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy”; he means, giving away all his substance to them that need. “Temperate”; he speaks not here of one who fasts, but of one who commands his passions, his tongue, his hands, his eyes. For this is temperance, to be drawn aside by no passion. “Holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught.” By…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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