Teach Healthy Doctrine - Titus

 Titus 2:1 (ESV Strong's)

1 But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine.

Teach Healthy Doctrine

Paul is writing a letter to young pastor Titus to make sure he knows how to handle himself in the church as a minister of the Gospel.   In the above verse Titus is instructed to teach “sound” doctrine.  The Greek word for “sound” in this text is:  hygiainō.  It means “healthy.”   Titus is being instructed to make sure that the doctrine he teaches is in accordance with the sound doctrine Paul has taught him and the other churches.   Paul has just finished telling Titus what unhealthy doctrine looks like. The problem in our English Bibles with chapter breaks, is that when Paul wrote this letter to Titus there was no break in form of “chapters.”   Her are the instruction that appear just prior to Paul telling Titus to teach “sound” (healthy) doctrine:

Titus 1:9-15 (ESV Strong's)

9 He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

10 For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party. 11 They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach. 12 One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” 13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, 14 not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth. 15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

It is on the heals of this passage that Titus is told to be sound in his teaching.  There is nothing worse than false doctrine.   There is nothing worse than teaching that leads people away from the sufficiency that is in Christ.   Unhealthy doctrine being taught to a church makes for an unhealthy church.   Teach healthy doctrine.