Titus 1:13
This testimony is true; for which cause rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
In Context
14not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
Cross References
Psalms 141:5Let the righteous smite me,—it shall be a kindness; Let him reprove me, and it shall be oil for my head; Let him do it again, and my head shall not refuse it; But now I pray against their wickedness!
2 Corinthians 7:8For though I caused you sorrow with the letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it; for I perceive that that letter caused you sorrow, though it was but for a short time.
1 Timothy 4:6If thou lay these things before the brethren, thou wilt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good teaching, with which thou art well acquainted.
2 Timothy 4:2preach the word, be urgent in season, out of season, confute, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and teaching.
Titus 2:15These things speak and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise thee.
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 →