(November 9, 2013 at 9:59 pm)Brakeman Wrote: Titus 1
1:10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
1:11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
1:12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
1:13 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
1:14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
1:15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
I bet jesus was a nazi skinhead!
Titus was not refering to the Jews persay. There was a belief in the 1st century Christianity that one had to first convert to Judaism (had to be circumsized) before converting to Christianity. The reason for this was because the vast majority of the first century Christians were formally Jews.
Titus is saying (as did Paul) you don't have to be a Jew to become a Christian, and he even goes so far as to say don't trust a 'christian' who holds to legalistic ideals and puts them into their worship.
