TITUS 1:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;”
This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith — Paul affirms the Epimenides quotation as true (alēthēs), applying it to the false teachers; the Cretans' reputation for mendacity characterizes those spreading false doctrine. Sharp rebuke (elegche apostomōs) employs the toughest corrective available; the goal remains soteriological — restored soundness (hygiainein) in faith. Discipline serves redemption, not punishment.
Church Fathers on Titus 1:13
There are several questions here. First, who it was that said this? Secondly, why Paul quoted it? Thirdly, why he brings forward a testimony that is not correct? Let us then offer a seasonable solution of these, having premised some other things. For when Paul was discoursing to the Athenians, in the course of his harangue he quoted these words, “To the Unknown God”: and again, “For we also are His offspring, as certain also of your own poets have said.” Acts 17:23-28 It was…
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