Titus 1:10-16
To the pure, all things are pure… (v. 15a) Nothing particularly special about this verse (in my mind), except in context. It is the only (partial) verse in today’s reading that is positive! Every other verse is blasting away at “those of the circumcision party”, Cretans, “the defiled and unbelieving” with descriptors like “insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers”, “defiled”, “detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work”. What a tirade!! I think there is one other section in Paul’s epistles where he “lets loose” like this, but I can’t recall it. So let’s hold onto “To the pure, all things are pure…”!!
Slava Bohu!