Titus 3:11

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

knowing that such a man is corrupt and sinful; he is self-condemned.

American Standard Version (1901)

knowing that such a one is perverted, and sinneth, being self-condemned.

Bible in Basic English

Clearly he is in error and a sinner, being self-judged.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Knowing that he, that is such an one, is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned by his own judgment.

Free Bible Version

realizing that they're perverse and sinful and have condemned themselves.

Geneva Bible 1599

Knowing that hee that is such, is peruerted, and sinneth, being damned of his owne selfe.

King James (Authorized) Version

Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.

Plain English Version

Those people don’t believe God’s true message. They know that the things they do are wrong, but they keep on doing them anyway. They will not change.

Translation for Translators

You will know clearly that such persons have deliberately ◄turned away from/quit believing and obeying► the true teachings. They know that they are doing what is sinful, but they deliberately keep on doing it.

Unlocked Literal Bible

knowing that such a person has turned from the right way and is sinning and condemns himself.

Noah Webster Bible

Knowing that he who is such, is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned by himself.

World English Bible

knowing that such a one is perverted and sinful, being self-condemned.

Young's Literal Translation

having known that he hath been subverted who [is] such, and doth sin, being self-condemned.

Context

Avoid Divisions

¹⁰Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,¹¹knowing that such a man is corrupt and sinful; he is self-condemned.

Summary

In Titus 3:11, Paul warns about divisive people in the church who promote false teachings and cause discord among believers. These individuals are described as being warped and sinful, having turned away from the truth of the Gospel. Paul instructs Titus to have nothing to do with them, as their actions are harmful to the unity and spiritual growth of the church. This verse serves as a reminder to be discerning and guard against false teachings that can lead believers astray from the core principles of the Christian faith.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Is subverted - Is turned out of the way in which he may be saved, and consequently sinneth - enters into that way that leads to destruction. Being condemned of himself - This refers to the Judaizing teacher, who maintained his party and opinions for filthy lucre's sake. He was conscious of his own insincerity; and that he proclaimed not his system from a conscientious love of truth, but from a desire to get his livelihood. Were the Church in all countries, whether established by law or unestablished, strictly scrutinized, multitudes of heretics of this kind would be found. And perhaps this is the only bad sense in which the word should be understood.

John Gill Bible Commentary

Knowing that he that is such is subverted,.... Or overturned and demolished; he is like an edifice, that is not only decaying, and falling, but is entirely everted, and pulled down; so that there is no hopes of a restoration or recovery; he is in a desperate condition, having opposed the person, or office, or sacrifice of Christ; having either trodden the Son of God underfoot, or counted his blood common, or done despite unto the spirit of grace; in either of which cases there is no more sacrifice for sin: and sinneth; not practically, but doctrinally, and wilfully after he has received the knowledge of the truth; by denying the truth he received, in which he continues, notwithstanding the evidence of the word of God is against him; and; notwithstanding the arguments taken from it by the ministers of the Gospel, to convince him; and notwithstanding the admonitions of the church to recover him out of the snare of the devil: being condemned of himself; not that an heretic is one that is convinced in his own conscience that he is in an error, and that that is a truth which he opposes; and yet he obstinately persists in the one, and continues to set himself against the other; for then, none but an hypocrite, that conceals his true sentiment, can be an heretic; nor can any man be known to be one unless he accuses himself; since no man can know the heart of another; and it would be impracticable in a church to deal with heretics, or reject and excommunicate them: but either the meaning is, that he is such an one, who by his own practice has condemned himself; for whereas he has separated himself not only from the faith of the church, but from the church itself; by so doing he practically condemns himself, or judges himself unworthy of the communion of the church, and so justifies the church in their rejection and exclusion of him: or rather, an heretic is one who having professed Christianity, and received the Scriptures as the only rule of faith and practice, and still professes to abide by the same, and that all doctrine is to be tried by them, and to be approved or condemned as that agrees or disagrees with them, stands condemned by those Scriptures, which he himself allows to be the rule of decision and determination; and so may be said to be self-condemned.

Titus 3:11

Avoid Divisions

¹⁰Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,¹¹knowing that such a man is corrupt and sinful; he is self-condemned.

Scripture
Sermons
Commentary

Berean Standard Bible

knowing that such a man is corrupt and sinful; he is self-condemned.

American Standard Version (1901)

knowing that such a one is perverted, and sinneth, being self-condemned.

Bible in Basic English

Clearly he is in error and a sinner, being self-judged.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Knowing that he, that is such an one, is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned by his own judgment.

Free Bible Version

realizing that they're perverse and sinful and have condemned themselves.

Geneva Bible 1599

Knowing that hee that is such, is peruerted, and sinneth, being damned of his owne selfe.

King James (Authorized) Version

Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.

Plain English Version

Those people don’t believe God’s true message. They know that the things they do are wrong, but they keep on doing them anyway. They will not change.

Translation for Translators

Unlocked Literal Bible

knowing that such a person has turned from the right way and is sinning and condemns himself.

Noah Webster Bible

Knowing that he who is such, is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned by himself.

World English Bible

knowing that such a one is perverted and sinful, being self-condemned.

Young's Literal Translation

having known that he hath been subverted who [is] such, and doth sin, being self-condemned.

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Titus 3:11

Verse

Context

Avoid Divisions

Summary

Commentary

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Titus 3:11

Avoid Divisions

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary