Discovery BoxTitus 3:8-11 
Context3:8 This saying 1 is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on such truths, 2 so that those who have placed their faith in God may be intent on engaging in good works. These things are good and beneficial for all people. 3:9 But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, 3 quarrels, and fights about the law, 4 because they are useless and empty. 3:10 Reject a divisive person after one or two warnings. 3:11 You know 5 that such a person is twisted by sin 6 and is conscious of it himself. 7
1 sn This saying (Grk “the saying”) refers to the preceding citation (Titus 3:4-7). See 1 Tim 1:15; 3:1; 4:9; 2 Tim 2:11 for other occurrences of this phrase.
2 tn Grk “concerning these things.”
4 sn Fights about the law were characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus as well as in Crete (cf. 1 Tim 1:3-7; Titus 1:10, 14).
5 tn Grk “knowing” (as a continuation of the previous clause).
6 tn Grk “is perverted and is sinning.”
7 tn Grk “is sinning, being self-condemned.”
