Titus 1:16
They profess to know God, but they deny [Him] by their works, being abominable, and disobedient, and disapproved to every good work.
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1 Samuel 15:22And Samuel says, “Has YHWH had delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as [in] listening to the voice of YHWH? Behold, listening is better than sacrifice; to give attention than fat of rams;
Job 15:16Also—surely abominable and filthy || Is man drinking perverseness as water.
Isaiah 48:1“Hear this, O house of Jacob, || Who are called by the name of Israel, || And from the waters of Judah came out, || Who are swearing by the Name of YHWH, || And make mention of the God of Israel, || Not in truth nor in righteousness.
Jeremiah 6:30They have called them rejected silver, || For YHWH has kicked against them!”
Hosea 8:2To Me they cry, My God, we—Israel—have known You.
Romans 2:18and know the will, and approve the distinctions, being instructed out of the Law,
Matthew Henry on Titus 1:7-16
The Qualifications of a Bishop; The Necessity of Sharp Reproof. ( a. d. 66.) 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. 7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; 8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; 9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort… Read the whole commentary →