KJV: To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
YLT: of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome -- gentle, showing all meekness to all men,
Darby: to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be mild, shewing all meekness towards all men.
ASV: to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men.
| μηδένα | no one |
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Parse: Adjective, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: μηδείς Sense: nobody, no one, nothing. |
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| βλασφημεῖν | to speak evil of |
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Parse: Verb, Present Infinitive Active Root: βλασφημέω Sense: to speak reproachfully, rail at, revile, calumniate, blaspheme. |
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| ἀμάχους | peaceable |
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Parse: Adjective, Accusative Masculine Plural Root: ἄμαχος Sense: not to be withstood, invincible. |
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| εἶναι | to be |
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Parse: Verb, Present Infinitive Active Root: εἰμί Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present. |
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| ἐπιεικεῖς | gentle |
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Parse: Adjective, Accusative Masculine Plural Root: ἐπιεικής Sense: seemingly, suitable. |
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| ἐνδεικνυμένους | showing |
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Parse: Verb, Present Participle Middle, Accusative Masculine Plural Root: ἐνδείκνυμι Sense: to point out. |
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| πραΰτητα | humility |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: πραΰτης Sense: mildness of disposition, gentleness of spirit, meekness. |
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| πρὸς | toward |
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Parse: Preposition Root: πρός Sense: to the advantage of. |
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| ἀνθρώπους | men |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Plural Root: ἄνθρωπος Sense: a human being, whether male or female. |
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Greek Commentary for Titus 3:2
See note on Colossians 3:8; 1 Timothy 6:4. [source]
“To be non-fighters” (1 Timothy 3:3), originally “invincible.” Gentle (επιεικεις epieikeis). See note on 1 Timothy 3:3. Meekness Πραοτητα Praotēta See note on Colossians 3:12. [source]
See note on 1 Timothy 3:3. [source]
Πραοτητα Praotēta See note on Colossians 3:12. [source]
Better as Rev., not to be contentious. See on 1 Timothy 3:3. Pastonosupersub. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Titus 3:2
Late word from πλησσω plēssō to strike. In N.T. only here and Titus 1:3. Gentle (επιεικη epieikē). See note on Philippians 4:5 for this interesting word. Not contentious Old word (from α a privative and μαχη machē), not a fighter. In N.T. only here and Titus 3:2. No lover of money (απιλαργυρον aphilarguron). Late word (α a privative and compound πιλαργυρος phil̇arguros) in inscriptions and papyri (Nageli; also Deissmann, Light, etc., pp. 85f.). In N.T. only here and Hebrews 13:5. [source]
Old word (from α a privative and μαχη machē), not a fighter. In N.T. only here and Titus 3:2. No lover of money (απιλαργυρον aphilarguron). Late word (α a privative and compound πιλαργυρος phil̇arguros) in inscriptions and papyri (Nageli; also Deissmann, Light, etc., pp. 85f.). In N.T. only here and Hebrews 13:5. [source]
See note on Galatians 5:22; 1 Timothy 5:12 for πιστις pistis in the sense of faithfulness. Nowhere else in the N.T. do we have αγατη agathē with πιστις pistis as here, but an Oxyr. papyrus (iii. 494, 9) has this very phrase Westcott and Hort put αγαπην agapēn in the margin. See note on Titus 3:2. That they may adorn (ινα κοσμωσιν hina kosmōsin). Final clause with ινα hina and present active subjunctive. See note on 1 Timothy 2:9 for κοσμεω kosmeō Paul shows slaves how they may “adorn” the teaching of God. [source]
Love is too vague. It is love toward men; comp. Titus 3:2. Only here and Acts 28:2: φιλανθρώπως kindly, Acts 27:3(note). While it cannot be asserted that the heretical characteristics noted in the Pastoral Epistles point collectively to any specific form of error, it is true, nevertheless, that certain characteristics of the economy of grace are emphasized, which are directly opposed to Gnostic ideas. Thus the exhortation that supplications be made for all men, supported by the statement that God wills that all men should be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth (1 Timothy 2:1, 1 Timothy 2:4), is in the teeth of the Gnostic distinction between men of spirit and men of matter, and of the Gnostic principle that the knowledge ( ἐπίγνωσις ) of truth was only for a limited, intellectual class. To the same effect is the frequent recurrence of all, for all, in connection with the saving and enlightening gifts of God (1 Timothy 2:6; 1 Timothy 4:10; 1 Timothy 6:13; Titus 2:11). So here: not only has the saving grace of God appeared unto all (Titus 2:11), but it has revealed itself as kindness and love to man as man. [source]