Titus 1:16

"To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled."

Key Reflection

This verse highlights how one's spiritual purity or defilement influences perception. For the spiritually pure, all actions and beliefs can be considered clean, whereas for those spiritually defiled and unbelieving, even basic moral distinctions are lost, leading to a corrupted mind and conscience.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 16. They profess that they know God. That is, the Jewish teachers particularly, who are referred to in Tit 1:14. All those persons were professors of religion, and claimed that they had a peculiar knowledge of God. But in works they deny him. Their conduct is such as to show that they have no real acquaintance with him. Being abominable. In their conduct. The word here used-- bdeluktoi--occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It means that which is detestable, or to be held in abhorrence. And disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. Marg., void of judgment. On the word here used-- adokimov, See Barnes "Ro 1:28"; See Barnes "2 Co 13:5".

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