Titus 1:15 (DBY)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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 "all things", "pure", "defiled", "unbelieving", "nothing", and "both". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "pure", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "not turning their minds to Jewish fables..." into verse 16's "They profess to know God but in...", so "all things" and "pure" 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 "all things" and "pure" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.