Titus 1:14

14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the merely human commands of those who reject the truth.

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Titus 1:14 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
English Standard Version (ESV)
14 not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.
New Living Translation (NLT)
14 They must stop listening to Jewish myths and the commands of people who have turned away from the truth.
The Message Bible (MSG)
14 so they can recover a robust faith.
American Standard Version (ASV)
14 not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
14 They shouldn't pay attention to Jewish myths or commands given by people who are always rejecting the truth.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
14 and may not pay attention to Jewish myths and the commandments of men who reject the truth.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
14 They will pay no attention to Jewish stories that aren't completely true. They won't listen to the commands of those who turn away from the truth.

Titus 1:14 Meaning and Commentary

Titus 1:14

Not giving heed to Jewish fables
Concerning God himself, the angels, and the creation of man; concerning the giving of the law at Mount Sinai; concerning the Messiah and his earthly kingdom, and the feast that will be made for the righteous in his days, which will consist of flesh, fish, and fowl, Behemoth, Leviathan, and Zuz, and of wine kept in the grape from the foundation of the world; and concerning the rolling of the dead through the caverns of the earth at the resurrection, with a multitude of other things which were traditionally received.

And commandments of men:
the traditions of the elders, which the Jews charged the disciples of Christ with the transgression of; and he, on the other hand, very justly reproached them with breaking the commands of God, by attending to them, ( Matthew 15:1-39 ) . These were the laws and traditions of the fathers, which the Apostle Paul was brought up in, and was zealous of, before his conversion, ( Acts 22:3 ) ( Galatians 1:14 ) and which these judaizing preachers and professors, he here has respect to, were fond of, though they were made by men,

that turn from the truth;
or "hate it", as the Syriac version renders it; who were enemies unto it, as Hillell and Shammai, the heads of the traditional doctors, and as the Jews, and their Rabbins in general were; and therefore their commandments, of all men, should not be given heed to, by those that bear the Christian name.

Titus 1:14 In-Context

12 One of Crete’s own prophets has said it: “Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.”
13 This saying is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith
14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the merely human commands of those who reject the truth.
15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted.
16 They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.

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