Titus 3:11
9 But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, arguments, and quarrels about the law, because these things are pointless and worthless.
10 Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,
knowing that such a man is corrupt and sinful; he is self-condemned.
12 As soon as I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, make every effort to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to winter there.
13 Do your best to equip Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, so that they will have everything they need.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- knowing that such a man is corrupt and sinful; he is self-condemned.
- KJV
- Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.
- WEB
- knowing that such a one is perverted and sinful, being self-condemned.
- ASV
- knowing that such a one is perverted, and sinneth, being self-condemned.
- DARBY
- knowing that such a one is perverted, and sins, being self-condemned.
- BLB
- knowing that such a man is warped and is sinning, being self-condemned.
- ÅB
- for du vet at han er forvendt og synder, dømt av seg selv.
- OTB
- da du vet at en slik person er fordervet og syndig, og fordømmer seg selv.
- B1930
- for du vet at han er forvendt og synder, dømt av sig selv.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 10:26
If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
Read in contextLuke 19:22
His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
Read in contextJohn 3:18
Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
Read in contextMatthew 25:26–28
‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed.
Read in contextActs 15:24
It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by what they said.
Read in contextActs 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
Read in contextLuke 7:30
But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.
Read in contextRomans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
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