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knowing that such a one is perverted, and sins, being self-condemned.
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A State Beyond Repair
Commentators emphasize the severe language used to describe the divisive person. The word for "perverted" (or "subverted") literally means "turned inside out" or "warped." Scholars like John Calvin compare this spiritual state to a building so completely demolished that it is beyond repair, explaining why further engagement is considered fruitless.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Knowing that he that is such is subverted. Literally, is turned out; or, is changed, i.e., for the worse. He has gone fr…
Is perverted (εξεστραπτα). Perfect passive indicative of εκστρεφω, old word to turn inside out, to twist, to pervert. Only here in…
19th Century
Anglican
Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.—Better rendered, is perverted and…
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Baptist
A man that is an heretic after the first and second admonition reject; knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sins, being condemned of …
Stubborn refusal of admonition will assure Titus that the person is “warped” (GK 1750), i.e., in a state of twisted perversion, wholly out of touch…
16th Century
Protestant
Knowing that he who is such is ruined. He declares that person to be “ruined,” for whom there is no hope of repentance, because if our lab…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Knowing that he that is such is subverted Or overturned and demolished; he is like an edifice, that is not only deca…
When the grace of God toward humanity has been declared, the necessity of good works is emphasized. Those who believe in God must be careful to mai…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Previously, the Apostle taught Titus what to propose when instructing his people. Now he shows what to avoid in his teaching.
The …
