Tit 1:9, 13 | 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).

Titus 1:13

13. This witness—"This testimony (though coming from a Cretan) is true."

sharply—Gentleness would not reclaim so perverse offenders.

that they—that those seduced by the false teachers may be brought back to soundness in the faith. Their malady is strifes about words and questions (Tit 3:9; 1Ti 6:4).