Titus 1:8

But a lover of hospitality,.... See Gill on Ti1 3:2.

a lover of good men, or "of good"; the Syriac version renders it, "of good things"; as prayer, preaching, reading, meditation, spiritual…

But a lover of hospitality - Notes, 1Ti 3:2. A lover of good men - Margin, “or things.” The Greek (φιλάγαθος philagathos) means, a lover of good, and may apply to any thing that is good. It may refer…

A lover of hospitality - Φιλοξενον· A lover of strangers. See the note on Ti1 3:2. Instead of φιλοξενον, one MS. has φιλοπτωχον, a lover of the poor. That minister who neglects the poor, but is…

The apostle here gives Titus directions about ordination, showing whom he should ordain, and whom not.

I. Of those whom he should ordain. He points out their qualifications and virtues; such as…

a lover of hospitality As in 1Ti 3:2, where its appropriateness to the times is explained.

a lover of goodmen] An adjective occurring only in N.T. suggested by the similar compound preceding, as with…