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And they do it only for money. <a href="/esv/titus/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach. <a href="/bsb/titus/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not. <a href="/blb/titus/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> whom it is necessary to silence, who overthrow whole households, teaching things that they ought not for the sake of base gain. <a href="/kjv/titus/1.htm">King James Bible</a> Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. <a href="/nkjv/titus/1.htm">New King James Version</a> whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain. <a href="/nasb_/titus/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach for the sake of dishonest gain. <a href="/nasb/titus/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach for the sake of sordid gain. <a href="/nasb77/titus/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach, for the sake of sordid gain. <a href="/lsb/titus/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach for the sake of dishonest gain. <a href="/amp/titus/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> They must be silenced, because they are upsetting whole families by teaching things they should not teach for the purpose of dishonest financial gain. <a href="/csb/titus/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> It is necessary to silence them; they are ruining entire households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly. <a href="/hcsb/titus/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> It is necessary to silence them; they overthrow whole households by teaching what they shouldn&#8217t in order to get money dishonestly. <a href="/asv/titus/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. <a href="/cev/titus/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> But you must make them be quiet. They are after money, and they upset whole families by teaching what they should not. <a href="/erv/titus/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. <a href="/gwt/titus/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> They must be silenced because they are ruining whole families by teaching what they shouldn't teach. This is the shameful way they make money. <a href="/gnt/titus/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> It is necessary to stop their talk, because they are upsetting whole families by teaching what they should not, and all for the shameful purpose of making money. <a href="/isv/titus/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> They must be silenced, because they are the kind of people who ruin whole families by teaching what they should not teach in order to make money in a shameful way. <a href="/msb/titus/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not. <a href="/net/titus/1.htm">NET Bible</a> who must be silenced because they mislead whole families by teaching for dishonest gain what ought not to be taught. <a href="/nheb/titus/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> whose mouths must be silenced; who are upsetting whole families, teaching things which they should not, for the sake of dishonest gain. <a href="/wbt/titus/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of sordid gain. <a href="/wey/titus/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> You must stop the mouths of such men, for they overthrow the faith of whole families, teaching what they ought not, just for the sake of making money. <a href="/web/titus/1.htm">World English Bible</a> whose mouths must be stopped: men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/titus/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> whose mouths must be covered, who overturn whole households, teaching what things it should not, for [the] sake of shameful gain. <a href="/blb/titus/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> whom it is necessary to silence, who overthrow whole households, teaching things that they ought not for the sake of base gain. <a href="/ylt/titus/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> whose mouth it behoveth to stop, who whole households do overturn, teaching what things it behoveth not, for filthy lucre's sake. <a href="/slt/titus/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Who must be restrained, who subvert whole houses, teaching what they ought not, for the sake of sordid gain.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/titus/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Who must be reproved, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. <a href="/cpdv/titus/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> These must be reproved, for they subvert entire houses, teaching things which should not be taught, for the favor of shameful gain. <a href="/nabre/titus/1.htm">New American Bible</a> It is imperative to silence them, as they are upsetting whole families by teaching for sordid gain what they should not. <a href="/nrsvce/titus/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> they must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for sordid gain what it is not right to teach.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/titus/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Whose mouths must be stopped, for they corrupt many families, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of filthy lucre. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/titus/1.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Those whose mouths must be stopped up, for they destroy many households and teach what is not right for the sake of filthy riches.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/titus/1.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> whose mouths must be stopped: these subvert whole houses by teaching, for the sake of base gain, things which they ought not to teach. <a href="/godbey/titus/1.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> whose mouths it is necessary to stop; who overturn whole families, teaching those things which it does not behoove, for the sake of disgraceful gain. <a href="/haweis/titus/1.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> whose mouths ought to be muzzled, who pervert whole families, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of base gain. <a href="/mace/titus/1.htm">Mace New Testament</a> who ought to be curb'd, who pervert whole families, teaching things which they ought not, for sordid lucre. <a href="/wey/titus/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> You must stop the mouths of such men, for they overthrow the faith of whole families, teaching what they ought not, just for the sake of making money. <a href="/worrell/titus/1.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> whom it is needful to reduce to silence: who, indeed, are overthrowing whole houses, teaching what they ought not, for the sake of base gain. <a href="/worsley/titus/1.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> who subvert whole families, teaching what they ought not, for shameful gain: <a href="/parallel/titus/1-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sUo2G9e65Ig?start=100" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/titus/1.htm">Correcting False Teachers</a> 10For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision, 11<a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hous (RelPro-AMP) -- Who, which, what, that. ">who</a> <a href="/greek/1163.htm" title="1163: dei (V-PIA-3S) -- Third person singular active present of deo; also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is Necessary.">must</a> <a href="/greek/1993.htm" title="1993: epistomizein (V-PNA) -- To muzzle, silence, stop the mouth. From epi and stoma; to put something over the mouth, i.e. to silence.">be silenced.</a> <a href="/greek/5484.htm" title="5484: charin (Prep) -- Accusative case of charis as preposition; through favor of, i.e. On account of.">For the sake of</a> <a href="/greek/150.htm" title="150: aischrou (Adj-GNS) -- Base, disgraceful. From the same as aischunomai; shameful, i.e. Base.">dishonorable</a> <a href="/greek/2771.htm" title="2771: kerdous (N-GNS) -- Gain, advantage, profit. Of uncertain affinity; gain.">gain,</a> <a href="/greek/3748.htm" title="3748: hoitines (RelPro-NMP) -- Whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever. ">they</a> <a href="/greek/396.htm" title="396: anatrepousin (V-PIA-3P) -- To overturn (lit. or met.), subvert, overthrow, corrupt. From ana and the base of trope; to overturn.">undermine</a> <a href="/greek/3650.htm" title="3650: holous (Adj-AMP) -- All, the whole, entire, complete. A primary word; whole or all, i.e. Complete, especially as noun or adverb.">entire</a> <a href="/greek/3624.htm" title="3624: oikous (N-AMP) -- A dwelling; by implication, a family.">households</a> <a href="/greek/1321.htm" title="1321: didaskontes (V-PPA-NMP) -- To teach, direct, admonish. A prolonged form of a primary verb dao; to teach.">and teach</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: ha (RelPro-ANP) -- Who, which, what, that. ">things</a> <a href="/greek/1163.htm" title="1163: dei (V-PIA-3S) -- Third person singular active present of deo; also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is Necessary.">they should</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.">not.</a> 12As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1-3</a> Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. / Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed. / In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep. <a href="/1_timothy/6-5.htm">1 Timothy 6:5</a> and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain. <a href="/matthew/23-14.htm">Matthew 23:14</a> Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter. <a href="/1_timothy/1-3.htm">1 Timothy 1:3-7</a> As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines / or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith. / The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith. ... <a href="/2_timothy/3-6.htm">2 Timothy 3:6-7</a> They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions, / who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. <a href="/romans/16-17.htm">Romans 16:17-18</a> Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them. / For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. <a href="/1_timothy/4-1.htm">1 Timothy 4:1-3</a> Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, / influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron. / They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">2 Corinthians 11:13-15</a> For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. / And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. / It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions. <a href="/1_timothy/5-13.htm">1 Timothy 5:13</a> At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention. <a href="/1_timothy/6-9.htm">1 Timothy 6:9-10</a> Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. / For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. <a href="/2_timothy/2-16.htm">2 Timothy 2:16-18</a> But avoid irreverent, empty chatter, which will only lead to more ungodliness, / and the talk of such men will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, / who have deviated from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already occurred, and they undermine the faith of some. <a href="/galatians/2-4.htm">Galatians 2:4-5</a> This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us. / We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you. <a href="/acts/20-29.htm">Acts 20:29-30</a> I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. / Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them. <a href="/1_corinthians/5-6.htm">1 Corinthians 5:6-8</a> Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough? / Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. / Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-33.htm">1 Corinthians 15:33-34</a> Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.” / Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.mouths.<a href="/titus/1-9.htm">Titus 1:9</a> Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.<a href="/titus/3-10.htm">Titus 3:10</a> A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;<a href="/psalms/63-11.htm">Psalm 63:11</a> But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.subvert.<a href="/matthew/23-14.htm">Matthew 23:14</a> Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.<a href="/2_timothy/3-6.htm">2 Timothy 3:6</a> For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,filthy.<a href="/titus/1-7.htm">Titus 1:7</a> 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;<a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm">Isaiah 56:10,11</a> His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber… <a href="/jeremiah/8-10.htm">Jeremiah 8:10</a> Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_timothy/3-8.htm">Base</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-17.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/titus/1-7.htm">Dishonest</a> <a href="/titus/1-6.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-14.htm">Families</a> <a href="/titus/1-7.htm">Filthy</a> <a href="/titus/1-7.htm">Gain</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-6.htm">Households</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-6.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-6.htm">Making</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-2.htm">Money</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-17.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/romans/3-14.htm">Mouths</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-6.htm">Ought</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-18.htm">Overthrow</a> <a href="/mark/13-2.htm">Overturned</a> <a href="/titus/1-9.htm">Right</a> <a href="/songs/2-15.htm">Ruining</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-10.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-10.htm">Silenced</a> <a href="/titus/1-7.htm">Sordid</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-23.htm">Stop</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-18.htm">Stopped</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-36.htm">Subvert</a> <a href="/titus/1-9.htm">Taught</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-24.htm">Teach</a> <a href="/titus/1-9.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-18.htm">Upsetting</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-23.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hebrews/1-10.htm">Base</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-13.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/philemon/1-18.htm">Dishonest</a> <a href="/titus/1-13.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/genesis/8-19.htm">Families</a> <a href="/james/2-2.htm">Filthy</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-39.htm">Gain</a> <a href="/genesis/42-19.htm">Households</a> <a href="/titus/2-5.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/philemon/1-4.htm">Making</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-5.htm">Money</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-34.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-33.htm">Mouths</a> <a href="/philemon/1-8.htm">Ought</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-6.htm">Overthrow</a> <a href="/exodus/14-27.htm">Overturned</a> <a href="/titus/1-13.htm">Right</a> <a href="/songs/2-15.htm">Ruining</a> <a href="/philemon/1-6.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/numbers/13-30.htm">Silenced</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-2.htm">Sordid</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-14.htm">Stop</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-2.htm">Stopped</a> <a href="/psalms/119-78.htm">Subvert</a> <a href="/titus/3-10.htm">Taught</a> <a href="/titus/2-1.htm">Teach</a> <a href="/titus/2-1.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-18.htm">Upsetting</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-15.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Titus 1</div>1. <a href="/titus/1-1.htm">Paul greets Titus, who was left to finish the work in Crete.</a> 6. <a href="/titus/1-6.htm">How those chosen as ministers ought to be qualified.</a> 11. <a href="/titus/1-11.htm">The mouths of evil teachers to be stopped;</a> 12. <a href="/titus/1-12.htm">and what manner of men they be.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Greek word used here implies a forceful action, suggesting that these false teachers are causing significant harm. In the early church, maintaining doctrinal purity was crucial, as false teachings could easily spread and disrupt the faith of new believers. This aligns with other New Testament passages, such as <a href="/1_timothy/1-3.htm">1 Timothy 1:3-7</a>, where Paul instructs Timothy to command certain people not to teach false doctrines.For the sake of dishonorable gain The motivation of these false teachers is financial profit, which is condemned throughout Scripture. This echoes the warnings found in <a href="/1_timothy/6-5.htm">1 Timothy 6:5-10</a> about the dangers of loving money. In the cultural context of the time, itinerant teachers often relied on the support of their followers, and some exploited this for personal gain. This behavior contrasts sharply with the selfless example of Christ, who taught and served without seeking material reward.they undermine entire households The reference to "households" indicates the communal nature of early Christian gatherings, which often took place in homes. False teachings could disrupt not just individual faith but entire family units, which were the foundational building blocks of the church. This phrase highlights the widespread impact of false doctrine, as seen in <a href="/2_timothy/3-6.htm">2 Timothy 3:6</a>, where Paul warns of those who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women.and teach things they should not This underscores the content of the false teachings, which are contrary to the apostolic doctrine. The early church faced numerous heresies, such as Gnosticism, which distorted the truth of the Gospel. The phrase calls for discernment and adherence to sound doctrine, as emphasized in passages like <a href="/galatians/1-6.htm">Galatians 1:6-9</a>, where Paul warns against any gospel contrary to what was originally preached.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/titus.htm">Titus</a> A trusted companion of the Apostle Paul, Titus was left in Crete to organize the church and appoint elders. 2. <a href="/topical/p/paul.htm">Paul</a> The Apostle who wrote the letter to Titus, providing guidance on church leadership and sound doctrine. 3. <a href="/topical/c/cretans.htm">Cretans</a> The inhabitants of Crete, known for their challenging cultural traits, which included deceit and laziness, as mentioned earlier in Titus. 4. <a href="/topical/f/false_teachers.htm">False Teachers</a> Individuals within the church who were spreading false doctrines for personal gain, causing disruption in households. 5. <a href="/topical/h/households.htm">Households</a> The early Christian communities often met in homes, making the stability of these households crucial for the church's health.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/guarding_against_false_teaching.htm">Guarding Against False Teaching</a> The church must be vigilant in identifying and silencing false teachings that can disrupt the faith and unity of believers. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_church_leadership.htm">The Role of Church Leadership</a> Elders and leaders have a responsibility to protect the congregation from harmful doctrines and ensure that teaching aligns with sound biblical truth. <a href="/topical/m/motivations_matter.htm">Motivations Matter</a> The motivation behind teaching and ministry should be pure and God-honoring, not driven by personal gain or selfish ambition. <a href="/topical/i/impact_on_families.htm">Impact on Families</a> False teachings can have a profound impact on families, highlighting the need for discernment and strong biblical foundations within the home. <a href="/topical/p/pursuing_sound_doctrine.htm">Pursuing Sound Doctrine</a> Believers are encouraged to pursue sound doctrine and be rooted in Scripture to withstand false teachings and grow in their faith.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_titus_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Titus 1</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_passivity.htm">What does the Bible say about women as pastors?</a> <a href="/q/is_there_proof_paul_wrote_titus_2.htm">Titus 2 – Is there concrete historical or archeological evidence confirming Paul as the author, given scholarly debates on the authenticity of the Pastoral Epistles? </a> <a href="/q/should_women_be_silent_in_church.htm">Should women be silent in church?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_1_tim_2_11-12_restrict_women.htm">1 Timothy 2:11-12: Why does this passage restrict women from teaching or having authority, and how does that align with broader biblical teachings on equality?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/titus/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11)Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses.--The translation should run here, seeing they subvert, &c. There was, indeed, grave cause why these men should be put to silence; the mischief they were doing in Crete to the Christian cause was incalculable. It was no longer individuals that their poisonous teaching affected, but they were undermining the faith of whole families. For an example how Titus and his presbyters were to stop the mouths of these teachers of what was false, compare <a href="/context/matthew/22-34.htm" title="But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.">Matthew 22:34-46</a>, where the Lord, by His wise, powerful, yet gentle words, first put the Sadducees to silence, and then so answered the Pharisees that "neither durst any man from that day forth ask Him any more questions."Teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.--Here St. Paul goes to the root of the evil, when he shows what was the end and aim of these "teachers" life. It was a mean and sordid ambition, after all--merely base gain. When this is the main object of a religious teacher's life, his teaching naturally accommodates itself to men's tastes. He forgets the Divine Giver of his commission, and in his thirst for the popularity which brings with it gold, his true work, as the faithful watchman of the house of Israel, is forgotten and ignored.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/titus/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 11. - Men who overthrow for who subvert, A.V. Whose mouths must be stopped (ου}ς δεῖ ἐπιστομίζειν); here only in the New Testament, not found in the LXX., but common in classical Greek. "To curb" (comp. <a href="/psalms/32-9.htm">Psalm 32:9</a>; <a href="/james/3-2.htm">James 3:2, 3</a>). The meaning is nearly the same as that of χαλιναγωγέω in <a href="/james/1-26.htm">James 1:26</a>; some, however, assign to it the sense of "to muzzle" (Olshausen, etc.) or "stop the mouth," which Bishop Ellicott thinks is "perhaps the most common" and "the most suitable." So also Huther. It often means simply "to silence" (see Stephan, 'Thesaur.'), and is applied to wind instruments. Overthrow (ἀνατρέπουσι); as <a href="/2_timothy/2-18.htm">2 Timothy 2:18</a>, which shows the kind of overthrow here meant, that viz. of the faith of whole families, well expressed in the A.V. by "subvert." The phrase, οἰκίας ἀνατρέπειν, of the literal overthrow of houses, occurs in Plato (Alford). For filthy lucre's sake; contrary to the apostolic precept to bishops and deacons (<a href="/1_timothy/3-3.htm">1 Timothy 3:3, 8</a>, and above, ver. 7). Polybius has a striking passage on the αἰσχροκερδεία Οφ the Cretans, quoted by Bishop Ellicott ('Hist.,' 6:146.3). <a href="/commentaries/titus/1-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>who οὓς (hous) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. must δεῖ (dei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1163.htm">Strong's 1163: </a> Third person singular active present of deo; also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is Necessary. be silenced. ἐπιστομίζειν (epistomizein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_1993.htm">Strong's 1993: </a> To muzzle, silence, stop the mouth. From epi and stoma; to put something over the mouth, i.e. to silence. For [the] sake of χάριν (charin) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_5484.htm">Strong's 5484: </a> Accusative case of charis as preposition; through favor of, i.e. On account of. dishonorable αἰσχροῦ (aischrou) Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_150.htm">Strong's 150: </a> Base, disgraceful. From the same as aischunomai; shameful, i.e. Base. gain, κέρδους (kerdous) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2771.htm">Strong's 2771: </a> Gain, advantage, profit. Of uncertain affinity; gain. [they] οἵτινες (hoitines) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3748.htm">Strong's 3748: </a> Whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever. undermine ἀνατρέπουσιν (anatrepousin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_396.htm">Strong's 396: </a> To overturn (lit. or met.), subvert, overthrow, corrupt. From ana and the base of trope; to overturn. entire ὅλους (holous) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3650.htm">Strong's 3650: </a> All, the whole, entire, complete. A primary word; 'whole' or 'all', i.e. Complete, especially as noun or adverb. households οἴκους (oikous) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3624.htm">Strong's 3624: </a> A dwelling; by implication, a family. [and] teach διδάσκοντες (didaskontes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1321.htm">Strong's 1321: </a> To teach, direct, admonish. A prolonged form of a primary verb dao; to teach. things ἃ (ha) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. they should δεῖ (dei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1163.htm">Strong's 1163: </a> Third person singular active present of deo; also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is Necessary. not. μὴ (mē) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3361.htm">Strong's 3361: </a> Not, lest. 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