Bible Strands
Titus 1:11
who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul addresses Titus in Crete during the organization of local churches and the correction of disruptive teachers.
The words — ἐπιστομίζειν (epistomizein) literally means to muzzle or silence, and ἀνατρεπούσιν (anatrepousin) means to overthrow or subvert.
The thread — The command to silence mouths echoes Romans 3:19, the warning against treating godliness as a financial tool aligns with 1 Timothy 6:5, and the method of infiltrating homes matches 2 Timothy 3:6.
Why it lands — It demands that readers identify teachers who subvert households for dishonest profit and enforce doctrinal boundaries without compromise.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.
Cross-references
- 2 Timothy 3:6 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,
- 1 Timothy 6:5 and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.
- Romans 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.
- Titus 3:10 Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,
- Psalms 63:11 But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.
- Titus 1:9 He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.
- Psalms 107:42 The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.
- Micah 3:5 This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
- Titus 1:7 As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.
- Isaiah 56:10 Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.