Толкование К Титу послание ап. Павла 1 глава 9 стих - Экзегет

В письме Титу, кратко изобразив епископские добродетели, апостол между прочим упоминает и о знании Писания, говоря, что епископу нужно быть держащимся истинного слова, согласно с учением, чтобы он был силен и наставлять в здравом учении и противящихся обличать. Святая простота, пусть и полезная для тебя самого, насколько же созидает Церковь при добродетельной жизни, настолько вредит ей, если разрушающим ее не противится.

Finally let the one who is in accordance with doctrine hold fast to “faithful speech,” that just as the word of God is faithful, and worthy of all acceptance, so also he should show himself to be such that everything that he says is reckoned to be worthy of the faith and his words should be worthy of the rule of truth.
Let him also be “able to console” those who are stirred up by the storms of this world, and to destroy weak precepts by means of “sound doctrine.” Now “sound doctrine” is spoken of in distinction from feeble and weak doctrine. Let him be such too that he refutes “those who contradict,” heretics or Jews, and the wise of this age. Now the things that he recorded higher up in respect to the virtues of the bishop pertain to life; but what he says now, “So that he may be able to console in sound doctrine and refute those who contradict,” should be referred to knowledge. For if merely the life of the bishop is holy, the one living thus can bring benefit to himself. If he is further educated both in doctrine and speech, he can instruct himself and others; and not only instruct and teach his own people, but also strike back against his adversaries, who, unless they are refuted and overcome, can easily destroy simple hearts.
This passage opposes those who, in their personal devotion to laziness, idleness, and sleep, think that it is a sin to read the Scriptures; and who despise as “garrulous and unprofitable” those who meditate on the law of the Lord day and night. They do not notice that the apostle, after his catalogue of the bishop’s way of life, has likewise given in-struction about his doctrine as well.