Titus 1:9 (GNV)

Passage

Holding fast that faithfull worde according to doctrine, that he also may bee able to exhort with wholesome doctrine, and conuince them that say against it.

Nearby Context

Titus 1:7 For a Bishop must bee vnreproueable, as Gods steward, not froward, not angrie, not giuen to wine, no striker, not giuen to filthie lucre,

Titus 1:8 But harberous, one that loueth goodnesse, wise, righteous, holy, temperate,

Titus 1:9 Holding fast that faithfull worde according to doctrine, that he also may bee able to exhort with wholesome doctrine, and conuince them that say against it.

Titus 1:10 For there are many disobedient and vaine talkers and deceiuers of mindes, chiefly they of the Circumcision,

Titus 1:11 Whose mouthes must bee stopped, which subuert whole houses, teaching things, which they ought not, for filthie lucres sake.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "holding", "fast", "faithfull", "worde", "doctrine", "able", and "exhort". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "holding", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "But harberous one that loueth goodnesse wise..." into verse 10's "For there are many disobedient and vaine...", so "faith" and "holding" 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 "faith" and "holding" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.