Titus 1:8

Translations

Modern

Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

Traditional

But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

Literal

…but hospitable, a lover of good, sound-minded, righteous, holy, and self-controlled,

Latin

…sed hospitalem, benignum, sobrium, justum, sanctum, continentem,

Original

Greek

English

Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

Notes

Titus 1:5–9

Titus was instructed to appoint leaders in order to complete what was unfinished—that is, to establish the church (compare 1 Timothy 3:1–13). Deacons are not mentioned, possibly because these were new, small churches.
These leadership qualities might be an accommodation to the newness of these converts and the roughness of their culture. It is assumed that the elders will be male (see 1 Timothy 3:4–5).

Titus 1:5–16

Strong, faithful leadership was needed in the churches of Crete to address the danger of false teachers (1:10–16). This part of Titus’s task coincides with the larger concern of the letter: to shape a community that bears witness to Christ by embodying God’s grace in its conduct. Compare 1 Timothy 3:1–7.

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