Titus 1:10 (KJV)

Passage

For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:

Nearby Context

Titus 1:8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

Titus 1:9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

Titus 1:10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:

Titus 1:11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.

Titus 1:12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "unruly", "vain", "talkers", "deceivers", "specially", and "circumcision". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "unruly" and "vain", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "Holding fast the faithful word as he..." into verse 11's "Whose mouths must be stopped who subvert...", so "unruly" and "vain" 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 "unruly" and "vain" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.