# Interpretation of the Letter to Titus

- Author: [Theodoret of Cyrus](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/theodoret-of-cyrus/)
- Latin title: *Interpretatio in epistulam ad Titum*
- Date: ca. 436-448 (approximate)
- Source: J.-P. Migne, ed., Patrologia Graeca 82 (Paris)

- Translation: Claude, from the original text, unless a passage says otherwise; each passage below gives the translator
- Editions and translations: J.-P. Migne, ed., Patrologia Graeca 82 (Paris, 1864)
- Work page: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/theodoret-interpretatio-titum/
- Passages: 1

## On Titus 1.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/theodoret-interpretatio-titum/1-6/#p-1-6
- Source: PG 82:859
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Theodoret refers the qualifications in Titus 1:6, including “the husband of one wife”, to his comments on 1 Timothy.

### Greek text

« Εἴ τίς ἔστιν ἀνέγχλητος. » Μηδεμίαν διδοὺς ἀφορμὴν εὐλόγου κατηγορίας. ε Μιᾶς γυναιχὸς ἀνὴρ, τέχνα ἔχων πιστὰ, μὴ ἐν κατηγορίᾳ ἀσωτείας, ἢ ἀννπόταχτα. » Τοὺς αὐτοὺς ἀπαιτεῖ χαραχτῆρας, οὖς καὶ ἐν τοῖς πρὸς Τιμόθεον διέθηχε " γράμμασι.

### English translation (Claude)

“If anyone is blameless”: giving no occasion for a reasonable accusation. “The husband of one wife, having believing children, not accused of debauchery or insubordinate.” He requires the same marks that he set out in the letters to Timothy.

### Scripture references

- Titus 1:6: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Tim 3:2–4: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Theodoret's reading of “the husband of one wife” is given at 1 Tim 3:2 (excluding simultaneous wives, not a second marriage after a wife's death). Quotation: Titus 1:6; cf. 1 Tim 3:2–4. OCR slips corrected.

### Citation (SBL)

Theodoret, Interp. Titus 1.6 (PG 82:859; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-titum/1-6).