Titus 1:8 (WEB)

Passage

but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled;

Nearby Context

Titus 1:6 if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.

Titus 1:7 For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

Titus 1:8 but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled;

Titus 1:9 holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.

Titus 1:10 For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "given", "hospitality", "lover", "good", "sober", "minded", "fair", and "holy". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "given" and "hospitality", 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 blameless as..." into verse 9's "holding to the faithful word which is...", so "given" and "hospitality" 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 "given" and "hospitality" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.