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Interpretation of the Letter to Titus (complete)

Theodoret of Cyrus · Interpretation of the Letter to Titus · ca. 436-448 · Cyrrhus · 1 passage

Greek text: PG 82.English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).

Chapter 1

1.6PG 82:859

« Εἴ τίς ἔστιν ἀνέγχλητος. » Μηδεμίαν διδοὺς ἀφορμὴν εὐλόγου κατηγορίας. ε Μιᾶς γυναιχὸς ἀνὴρ, τέχνα ἔχων πιστὰ, μὴ ἐν κατηγορίᾳ ἀσωτείας, ἢ ἀννπόταχτα. » Τοὺς αὐτοὺς ἀπαιτεῖ χαραχτῆρας, οὖς καὶ ἐν τοῖς πρὸς Τιμόθεον διέθηχε " γράμμασι.

« Ei tis estin anenchlētos. » Mēdemian didous aphormēn eulogou katēgorias. e Mias gynaichos anēr, techna echōn pista, mē en katēgorią asōteias, ē annpotachta. » Tous autous apaitei charachtēras, ous kai en tois pros Timotheon diethēche " grammasi.

“If anyone is blameless”: giving no occasion for a reasonable accusation. “The husband of one wife, having believing children, not accused of debauchery or insubordinate.” He requires the same marks that he set out in the letters to Timothy.

Titus 1:6 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Tim 3:2–4 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Theodoret refers the qualifications in Titus 1:6, including “the husband of one wife”, to his comments on 1 Timothy.

  • Theodoret's reading of “the husband of one wife” is given at 1 Tim 3:2 (excluding simultaneous wives, not a second marriage after a wife's death). Quotation: Titus 1:6; cf. 1 Tim 3:2–4. OCR slips corrected.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips): ἀφορμὲν εὐλόγου χατηγουρίας → ἀφορμὴν εὐλόγου κατηγορίας; Τιμάθεον → Τιμόθεον.

Topics: Church office, Divorce and remarriage

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Titus 1.6 (PG 82:859; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-titum/1-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the original; no public-domain English translation of these passages exists, so the translation was re-read against the original.