Titus 1

Where it is preached

1. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

   Book 4, Chapter 3 — Of the Teachers and Ministers of the Church cites Tit. 1:5

   …Iconium (Acts 14:23); and Paul himself enjoins Titus to ordain presbyters in every town (Tit. 1:5). In like manner, he mentions the bishops of the Philippians, and Archippus, the bishop…

2. Rise Up, Men of God · Ochorus Originals

   Men in the Church cites Titus 1:5

   …From the earliest days, the apostles appointed elders in every city (Acts 14:23, Titus 1:5). These men — mature, proven, biblically qualified — are given the task of shepherding…

3. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

   The First Stage cites Tit. 1:2

   …book are certainly true? Christian: Yes, verily; for it was made by Him that cannot lie. Tit. 1:2. Pliable: Well said; what things are they? Christian: There is an endless kingdom to be…

4. Communion with God · John Owen

   How the saints hold communion with Christ as to their acceptation with God cites Tit. i. 2

   …On this account eternal life is said to be promised of God “before the world began,” Tit. i. 2; that is, to the Son of God for us, on his undertaking on our behalf. And grace, also, is…

5. George Müller of Bristol · Arthur T. Pierson

   Appendix M: Church Conduct cites Tit. i. 5

   …to the close of the present dispensation. Accordingly, we find from Acts xiv. 23, xx. 17; Tit. i. 5; and 1 Pet. v. 1, that soon after the saints had been converted, and had associated…

6. The Bondage of the Will · Martin Luther

   Preface: Sections IX–XXVII cites Titus i. 2

   …(2 Tim. ii. 19.) And, “Which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began.” (Titus i. 2.) And, “He that cometh, must believe that God is, and that He is a rewarder of them that…

7. Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

   The Young Preacher and the Little Flock cites Titus 1:5

   …Testament certainly recognizes elders. Paul told Titus to “appoint elders in every city” (Titus 1:5, ASV). Peter exhorted elders to “tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the…

8. Rise Up, Men of God · Ochorus Originals

   The Inner Man cites Titus 1:6

   …man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient" (Titus 1:6). God looks at how a man is doing as a husband and father before He considers him for…

9. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

   Why all things work for good cites Titus i. 2

   …a parallel. He is faithful in His promises. “God, that cannot lie, hath promised” (Titus i. 2). He may change His promise, but cannot break it. He is faithful in His dealings; when He…

10. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.3 The Third Commandment cites Titus 1: 16

    …to it, we take it in vain. ‘They profess that they know God, but in works they deny him.’ Titus 1: 16. When men’s tongues and lives are contrary to one another, when, under a mask of…

11. The Key Teachings of Ignatius of Antioch · Ochorus Originals

    Do Nothing Without the Bishop cites TITUS 1:5

    …the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee. TITUS 1:5 Somewhere between the apostles and Ignatius, in at least some churches, one of the elders…

12. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 2 — Of Faith cites Tit. 1:1

    …privilege of the elect, intimating that many, from not being properly rooted, fall away (Tit. 1:1). In the same way, in Matthew, our Savior says, “Every plant which my heavenly Father has…

13. The Key Teachings of Catherine Booth · Ochorus Originals

    The Power of Godliness cites TITUS 1:16

    …mistaken for the power was. They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him. TITUS 1:16 The standard pulled down What alarmed her most was not that Christians failed — everyone…

14. Real Questions – Book 3 · Ochorus Originals

    Is It Ever Right to Lie? cites Titus 1:2

    …not a man, that He should lie” (Numbers 23:19). Paul calls Him the God “who cannot lie” (Titus 1:2). Jesus called Himself the truth, and called the devil “a liar and the father of lies”…

15. Lectures to My Students · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Call to the Ministry cites Titus i. 7

    …must evidently be authority ere a man can legally become a bishop, “the steward of God.” Titus i. 7. The Apocalyptic title of Angel (Rev. ii. 1) means a messenger; and how shall men be…

16. Freedom of the Will · Jonathan Edwards

    Section XI. The Evidence of Gods Certain Foreknowledge of the Volitions of Moral Agents cites Tit. i. 2

    …work of redemption, “according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus” (Tit. i. 2.) “In hope of eternal life, which God that cannot lie, promised before the world began.”…

17. Freedom of the Will · Jonathan Edwards

    Section II. The Acts of the Will of the Human Soul of Jesus Christ, Necessarily Holy, Yet Truly Virtuous, Praise-worthy, Rewardable, &c cites Tit. i. 2

    …is at least implied in that certain and infallible promise spoken of by the apostle, (Tit. i. 2.) “In hope of eternal life; which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began.”…

18. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    V. Truly gracious affections are attended with a reasonable and spiritual conviction of the judgment, of the reality and certainty of divine things cites Tit. 1:1

    …if anything at all is so: John 17:8, “They have believed that thou didst send me.” Tit. 1:1, “According to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is…

19. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites Tit. 1:16

    …commandments.” It is in vain for us to profess that we know God, if in works we deny him, Tit. 1:16. And if we know God, but glorify him not as God; our knowledge will only condemn us, and…

20. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Sanctification cites Titus i. 1

    …has real lively hope in Christ, purifieth himself even as He is pure. (James ii. 17-20; Titus i. 1; Gal. v. 6; 1 John i. 7; iii. 3.) (2) Sanctification, again, is the outcome and…

21. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Visible Churches Warned cites Titus i. 16

    …Remember it avails you and me nothing to profess we know God, if in works we deny Him. (Titus i. 16.) Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, “Every tree is known by its own fruit.” (Luke vi.…

22. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Unsearchable Riches cites Tit. i. 3

    …by me the preaching might be fully known.” (1 Tim. ii. 7; 2 Tim. i. 11; 2 Tim. iv. 17; Tit. i. 3.) And, to crown all, one of his last injunctions to his friend Timothy, when he leaves…

23. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Being of God cites Tit 1:16

    …there are few found who say, There is no God, yet many deny him in their practices. Tit 1:16. ‘In works they deny him.’ Cicero said of Epicurus, Verbis reliquit Deos resustulit [In…

24. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Truth of God cites Tit 1:2

    …set to the promise. ‘In hope of eternal life, which God that cannot lie has promised.’ Tit 1:2. Eternal life, there is the sweetness of the promise: God which cannot lie, there is the…

25. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Covenant of Works cites Tit 1:15

    …it is a leprosy in the head, it has poisoned the vitals. ‘Their conscience is defiled.’ Tit 1:15. It is with a sinner as with a sick patient, his palate is distempered, the sweetest…

26. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Sanctification cites Tit 1:15

    …all our holy things are defiled. ‘Unto them that are defiled is nothing pure.’ Tit 1:15. Under the law, if a man who was unclean by a dead body carried a piece of holy flesh in…

27. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 19 — Of Christian Liberty cites Tit. 1:15

    …defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled” (Tit. 1:15). For why is a woe pronounced upon the rich who have received their consolation? (Luke…

28. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 22 — This Doctrine Confirmed by Proofs from Scripture cites Tit. 1:1

    …God alone belongs the glory of freely illuminating those whom he had previously chosen (Tit. 1:1). For it is well said by Bernard, “His friend hear apart when he says to them, Fear not…

29. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 4 — Of the State of the Primitive Church, and the Mode of Government in Use Before the Papacy cites Tit. 1:9

    …people that office of teaching, exhorting, and correcting, which Paul enjoins on bishops (Tit. 1:9); and that they might leave a seed behind them, they made it their business to train the…

30. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 13 — Of Vows cites Tit. 1:15

    …how greatly charity is commended: they remember that to the pure all things are pure (Tit. 1:15). Wherefore, all their vigilance is employed, not in rejecting kinds of food as polluted…

31. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 17 — Of the Lord’s Supper, and the Benefits Conferred by It cites Titus 1:15

    …by any defect in the food, but because to the “defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure” (Titus 1:15), however much it may be sanctified by the blessing of the Lord. For, as Paul says…

32. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Few Saved! cites Titus i. 16

    …“have a form of godliness, but they have not the power” of it. (Ezek. xxxiii. 31; Titus i. 16; 2 Tim. iii. 5.) They are saints at church, and saints to talk to in public. But they are…

33. Soar Like The Eagle · Gareth Evans

    Being Released cites Titus 1: 5-9

    …these.)} Biblical Qualifications: These are to be mostly found in 1 Timothy 3: 1-7 and Titus 1: 5-9. We would recognize that: It is good for a man to desire such an office. 1 Tim.3:1 Such…