Titus 1:8 (ASV)

Passage

but given to hospitality, as lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled;

Nearby Context

Titus 1:6 if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.

Titus 1:7 For the bishop must be blameless, as God`s steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;

Titus 1:8 but given to hospitality, as lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled;

Titus 1:9 holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers.

Titus 1:10 For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "given", "hospitality", "lover", "good", "sober-minded", "just", "holy", and "self-controlled". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "given" and "hospitality", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "For the bishop must be blameless as..." into verse 9's "holding to the faithful word which is...", so "given" and "hospitality" belong inside that flow. In Titus context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "given" and "hospitality" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.