Titus 1:14

Not giving heed to Judaical stories and commandments of men who are turning away from the truth:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

In Context

13This witness, is true,—for which cause, be reproving them sharply, that they may be healthy in their faith,

15All things, are pure, unto the pure, but, unto the polluted and faithless, nothing, is pure, but polluted are both their mind and conscience;

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Cross References

Matthew 15:9But, in vain, do they pay devotions unto me, teaching, for teachings, the commandments of men.

Galatians 4:9Whereas, now, having acknowledged God,—or rather, having been acknowledged by God, how turn ye back again unto the weak and beggarly elementary principles, unto which, over again, ye are wishing, to come into servitude?

1 Timothy 1:4Not to be teaching otherwise, nor yet to be giving heed to stories and endless genealogies,—the which, bring, arguings, rather than that stewardship of God which is with faith;—

Hebrews 12:25Beware, lest ye excuse yourselves from him that speaketh; for, if, they escaped not, who excused themselves from him who on earth was warning, how much less, shall, we, who from him that warneth from the heavens, do turn ourselves away:

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 →

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