Titus 1:8 (DBY)

Passage

but hospitable, a lover of goodness, discreet, just, pious, temperate,

Nearby Context

Titus 1:6 if any one be free from all charge [against him], husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly.

Titus 1:7 For the overseer must be free from all charge [against him] as God's steward; not headstrong, not passionate, not disorderly through wine, not a striker, not seeking gain by base means;

Titus 1:8 but hospitable, a lover of goodness, discreet, just, pious, temperate,

Titus 1:9 clinging to the faithful word according to the doctrine taught, that he may be able both to encourage with sound teaching and refute gainsayers.

Titus 1:10 For there are many and disorderly vain speakers and deceivers of people's minds, specially those of [the] circumcision,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hospitable", "lover", "goodness", "discreet", "just", "pious", and "temperate". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hospitable" and "lover", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "For the overseer must be free from..." into verse 9's "clinging to the faithful word according to...", so "hospitable" and "lover" 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 "hospitable" and "lover" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.