Titus 3:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μηδένα βλασφημεῖν, ἀμάχους εἶναι, ἐπιεικεῖς, πᾶσαν ἐνδεικνυμένους πρᾳότητα πρὸς πάντας ἀνθρώπους.

Transliteration

Mēdena blasphēmein, amachous einai, epieikeis, pasan endeiknumenous praotēta pros pantas anthrōpous.

Grammar Details

*Mēdena*: accusative, masculine, singular - no one/nobody
*blasphēmein*: present active infinitive - to revile/speak evil of
*amachous*: accusative, masculine, plural - not quarrelsome/peaceable
*einai*: present infinitive - to be
*epieikeis*: accusative, masculine, plural - gentle/forbearing/reasonable
*pasan*: accusative, feminine, singular - all/every
*endeiknumenous*: present middle participle, accusative, masculine, plural - showing/displaying
*praotēta*: accusative, feminine, singular - gentleness/meekness
*pros*: preposition + accusative - toward
*pantas*: accusative, masculine, plural - all
*anthrōpous*: accusative, masculine, plural - men/people

Word Meanings

*Mēdena*: no one/nobody/not anyone
*blasphēmein*: to revile/speak evil of/slander/blaspheme
*amachous*: not quarrelsome/peaceable/not contentious
*epieikeis*: gentle/forbearing/reasonable/fair/mild
*endeiknumenous*: showing/displaying/demonstrating/exhibiting
*praotēta*: gentleness/meekness/mildness/humility
*anthrōpous*: men/people/human beings

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Referenced Verses

2 Tim 2:24-25 : 24 And the Lord's servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing, 25 in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth,
1 Tim 3:3 : 3 no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
Eph 4:31 : 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:
Eph 4:2 : 2 with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Gal 6:1 : 1 Brethren, even if {G2532} a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Matt 11:29 : 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Col 3:12-13 : 12 Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; 13 forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:
Jas 1:19-20 : 19 Ye know [this], my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 20 for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first {G3303} pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, {G2532} without hypocrisy.
Jas 4:11 : 11 Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
1 Pet 2:1 : 1 Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
1 Pet 2:17-18 : 17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. 18 Servants, [be] in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Finally, [be] ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:
1 Pet 3:10 : 10 For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:
1 Tim 3:11 : 11 Women in like manner [must be] grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
1 Thess 5:14-15 : 14 And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all. 15 See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward {G3956} all.
Gal 6:10 : 10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.
Prov 25:24 : 24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Phil 4:5 : 5 Let your forbearance be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
Isa 40:11 : 11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, [and] will gently lead those that have their young.
Acts 23:5 : 5 And Paul said, I knew not, brethren, that he was high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of a ruler of thy people.
1 Cor 6:10 : 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Cor 9:19 : 19 For though I was free from all [men,] I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
2 Cor 10:1 : 1 Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you:
2 Cor 12:20 : 20 For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means [there should be] strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;
2 Sam 22:36 : 36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; And thy gentleness hath made me great.
Ps 140:11 : 11 An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Prov 6:19 : 19 A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.
1 Thess 2:7 : 7 But we were gentle in the midst of you, {G302} as when a nurse cherisheth her own children:
1 Pet 4:4 : 4 wherein {G3739} they think it strange that ye run not with [them] into the same excess of riot, speaking evil of [you]:
2 Pet 2:10 : 10 but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise dominion. Daring, self-willed, they {G0} tremble not to rail at dignities:
Jude 1:8 : 8 Yet in like manner these also in their dreamings defile the flesh, and set at nought dominion, and rail at dignities.
Jude 1:10 : 10 But these rail at whatsoever things they know not: and what they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, in these things are they destroyed.
Prov 19:19 : 19 A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver [him], thou must do it yet again.

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