Robertson Word Pictures - Titus 2:10

Robertson Word Pictures - Titus 2:10 - 2:10

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Robertson Word Pictures - Titus 2:10 - 2:10

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Not purloining (mē nosphizomenous). Present middle participle of nosphizō, old verb (from nosphi, apart), in middle to set apart for oneself, to embezzle, in N.T. only here and Act 5:2.

Fidelity (pistin). See note on Gal 5:22; 1Ti 5:12 for pistis in the sense of faithfulness. Nowhere else in the N.T. do we have agathē with pistis as here, but an Oxyr. papyrus (iii. 494, 9) has this very phrase (pāsan pistin endeiknumenēi). Westcott and Hort put agapēn in the margin. See note on Tit 3:2.

That they may adorn (hina kosmōsin). Final clause with hina and present active subjunctive. See note on 1Ti 2:9 for kosmeō. Paul shows slaves how they may “adorn” the teaching of God.