Titus 1:10–16

Titus 1:10–16

 

Titus 1:10–16 (NIV)

¹⁰ For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision group.  ¹¹ They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach-- and that for the sake of dishonest gain.  ¹² One of Crete's own prophets has said it: "Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons."  ¹³ This saying is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith  ¹⁴ and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the merely human commands of those who reject the truth.  ¹⁵ To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted.  ¹⁶ They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.

 

Outline:

 

Faithful shepherds who know and love sound doctrine are needed (9):

 

1. Because false teachers are prevalent (10).

 

2. Because false teachers are smooth talkers who are actually rebellious, lazy, greedy, liars (10–12).

 

3. Because false teachers must be silenced and rebuked to prevent their destructive influence on Christian homes and churches (11).

 

4. Because some false teachers (or their followers) may be able to be reclaimed through rebuke and sound teaching (13–14).

 

5. Because God’s people must be protected from false teachers who are beyond reclaiming as evidenced by their corrupted minds and consciences (15–16).