To speak evil (βλασφημειν). See Col 3:8; 1 Timothy 6:4.

Not to be contentious (αμαχους εινα). …

To speak evil of no man. The Greek is, "to blaspheme (blasfhmein, compare See Barnes on Matthew 9:3) no one." Doddridge renders i…

To speak evil of no man.—These commands of St. Paul to the Church of Crete permeate the spirit of Christ, who when He…

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, to speak evil of no man, to b…

Believers also have obligations to pagan neighbors. Negatively, they must “slander no one,” i.e., abstain from hurling curses and vicious epithets …

To speak evil of no one — He now lays down the method of maintaining peace and friendship with all men. We know that there is nothing to w…

To speak evil of no man
As not of one another, so not of the men of the world, to the prejudice of their names and c…

Spiritual privileges do not invalidate or weaken, but confirm civil duties. Mere good words and good intentions are not enough without good works. …

Previously, the Apostle gave specific admonitions suited to particular situations; here he gives general admonitions for all. He first gives the ad…