Titus 1:14 (DBY)

Passage

not turning [their] minds to Jewish fables and commandments of men turning away from the truth.

Nearby Context

Titus 1:12 One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said, Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.

Titus 1:13 This testimony is true; for which cause rebuke them severely, that they may be sound in the faith,

Titus 1:14 not turning [their] minds to Jewish fables and commandments of men turning away from the truth.

Titus 1:15 All things [are] pure to the pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing [is] pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

Titus 1:16 They profess to know God, but in works deny [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and found worthless as to every good work.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "turning", "minds", "jewish", "fables", "commandments", "away", and "truth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "turning" and "minds", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "This testimony is true for which cause..." into verse 15's "All things are pure to the pure...", so "turning" and "minds" 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 "turning" and "minds" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.