What Does Titus 1:14 Mean in the King James?
Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
False teaching does more than add error; it redirects attention away from truth.
THE MEANING
Your attention can be captured by stories and human demands whose source has turned from truth. The danger is directional: truth remains even as a person turns away from it.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A command does not become true simply because someone gives it religious weight.
THE ROOT
ἀποστρεφομένων
apostrephomenōn
GROWS FROM
στρέφω
strephō
To turn or twist.
English “turn from” can sound like a conclusion; the Greek verb is built on a root meaning “turn,” picturing a change of direction. Related forms can describe turning back, so the verse pictures movement away from truth rather than truth disappearing.
ALSO GROWS
apostrephō: Turn away.
ἀποστρέφω
This form describes the direction named in the verse: away from truth.
epistrephō: Turn back; return.
ἐπιστρέφω
The same root can describe a return, showing that the turning is a direction of movement.
THE PATTERN
When humanly made religious authority is treated as ultimate, it can displace attention from truth.
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.THE THREAD
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.Titus names people who turn from truth while giving heed to fables. Here the same Greek turn-root describes ears turning away from truth and toward fables, making the shift in attention explicit.
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