Titus 3:2

To speak evil of no man,.... As not of one another, so not of the men of the world, to the prejudice of their names and characters, which are tender things, and ought to be gently touched; nor of…

To speak evil of no man - Greek, “to blaspheme (βλασφημεῖν blasphēmein, compare the notes at Mat 9:3) no one.” Doddridge renders it, “calumniate no one.” The idea is, that we are not to slander,…

To speak evil of no man - Μηδενα βλασφημειν· To blaspheme no person, to reproach none, to speak nothing to any man's injury; but, on the contrary, bearing reproach and contumely with patience and…

Here is the fourth thing in the matter of the epistle. The apostle had directed Titus in reference to the particular and special duties of several sorts of persons; now he bids him exhort to what…

to speak evil of noman] Cf. 1Ti 1:20; 1Ti 6:1; Tit 2:5. In the first place used absolutely -to blaspheme," as Act 26:11, -I strove to make them blaspheme."

to be no brawlers, but gentle Better, as…