Tit 1:9 | JFB | STEP | 9. Holding fast —Holding firmly to (compare ). the faithful —true and trustworthy ( ). word as he has been taught —literally, "the word (which is) according to the teaching" which he has received (compare , end; ). by —Translate as Greek, "to exhort in doctrine ( instruction ) which is sound"; sound doctrine or instruction is the element IN which his exhorting is to have place . . . On "sound" (peculiar to the Pastoral Epistles), see . convince

Titus 1:9

9. Holding fast—Holding firmly to (compare Mt 6:24; Lu 16:13).

the faithful—true and trustworthy (1Ti 1:15).

word as he has been taught—literally, "the word (which is) according to the teaching" which he has received (compare 1Ti 4:6, end; 2Ti 3:14).

by—Translate as Greek, "to exhort in doctrine (instruction) which is sound"; sound doctrine or instruction is the element IN which his exhorting is to have place . . . On "sound" (peculiar to the Pastoral Epistles), see 1Ti 1:10; 6:3.

convince—rather, "reprove" [ALFORD], (Tit 1:13).