Tíduōshū 1:11

11 Zhèxie rén de kǒu zǒng yào dǔ zhù . tāmen yīn tān bú yì zhī cái , jiāng bù gāi jiàodǎo de jiàodǎo rén , baìhuaì rén de quán jiā .

Tíduōshū 1:11 Meaning and Commentary

Titus 1:11

Whose mouths must be stopped
Or they be silenced, by reasons and arguments fetched out of the word of God; as were the Sadducees and Pharisees by Christ, so that they durst ask him no more questions; and as the Jews at Damascus were by Saul, who confounded them, proving in the clearest and strongest manner, that Jesus was the very Christ:

who subvert whole houses;
into which they creep; that is, whole families, whose principles they corrupt, whose faith they overthrow, and carry them away with their own errors; and therefore, since this was the case not of a single person, or of a few, but of whole families, it was high time to attempt to convince them, and stop their mouths, that they might proceed no further:

teaching things which they ought not;
which were not agreeable to the perfections of God, to the Scriptures of truth, to sound doctrine, and which were hurtful and pernicious to the souls of men: and that only

for filthy lucre's sake;
having no regard to the glory of God, the honour and interest of Christ, or the good of immortal souls; only seeking to gain popular applause and honour from men, and to gather and increase worldly substance. Covetousness was a sin which the Cretians were remarkably guilty of ^F12.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Cornel. Nepos, l. 23. c. 9.

Tíduōshū 1:11 In-Context

9 Jiānshǒu suǒ jiāo zhēn shí de dàolǐ , jiù néng jiāng chún zhèng de jiàoxun quàn huà rén . yòu néng bǎ zhēng biàn de rén bó dǎo le .

10 Yīnwei yǒu xǔduō rén bù fú yuē shù , shuō xū kōng huà , qī hǒng rén . nà fèng gēlǐ de , gèng shì zhèyàng .

11 Zhèxie rén de kǒu zǒng yào dǔ zhù . tāmen yīn tān bú yì zhī cái , jiāng bù gāi jiàodǎo de jiàodǎo rén , baìhuaì rén de quán jiā .

12 Yǒu kè lǐ tè rén zhōng de yī gĕ bĕn dì xiānzhī shuō , kè lǐ tè rén cháng shuōhuǎng huà , nǎi shì è shòu , yòu chán yòu lǎn .

13 Zhège jiànzhèng shì zhēn de . suǒyǐ nǐ yào yán yán de zébeì tāmen , shǐ tāmen zaì zhēn dào shang chún quán wú cī .