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Titus 1:7

Titus 1:7

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

The for a, A.V.: God's steward for the steward of God, A.V.; no brawler for not given to wine, A.V.; greedy of for given to, A.V. Blameless (see ). God's steward ( οἰκονόμον); comp. 1 Corinthians 4:1, 1 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Peter 4:10.

(For the office of the steward, see , .) Self-willed ( αὐθάδη); elsewhere in the New Testament only in 2 Peter 2:10; in the LXX. , and ; and common in classical Greek.

It is always used in a bad sense—stubborn, harsh, remorseless, and the like. Soon angry ( ὀργίλον); only here in the New Testament, found occasionally in the LXX., and common in classical Greek—passionate, quick-tempered, irascible (comp.

; ). Brawler ( πάροινον); see 1 Timothy 3:3, note. Striker (1 Timothy 3:3, note). Greedy of filthy lucre ( αἰσχροχερδῆ) 1 Timothy 3:3, 1 Timothy 3:8, note.

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