Titus 3:8 (GNV)

Passage

This is a true saying, and these thinges I will thou shouldest affirme, that they which haue beleeued God, might be carefull to shewe foorth good woorkes. These things are good and profitable vnto men.

Nearby Context

Titus 3:6 Which he shed on vs aboundantly, through Iesus Christ our Sauiour,

Titus 3:7 That we, being iustified by his grace, should be made heires according to the hope of eternall life.

Titus 3:8 This is a true saying, and these thinges I will thou shouldest affirme, that they which haue beleeued God, might be carefull to shewe foorth good woorkes. These things are good and profitable vnto men.

Titus 3:9 But stay foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and brawlings about the Lawe: for they are vnprofitable and vaine.

Titus 3:10 Reiect him that is an heretike, after once or twise admonition,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "true", "saying", "thinges", "thou", "shouldest", "affirme", "haue", and "beleeued". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "true" and "saying", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "That we being iustified by his grace..." into verse 9's "But stay foolish questions and genealogies and...", so "true" and "saying" 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 "true" and "saying" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.