Titus 1:15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted.
Paul draws a contrast in this verse between the pure that is the believing and the corrupted who do not believe. Because the believer is pure at heart then, at his best, all that he touches becomes pure. This is the general rule. Paul is surely not a naïve as to think that it is inevitable. As for the unbeliever, his tendency is towards corruption and so for him nothing is pure in the end. There is such corruption in their minds and consciences that it seeps into everything they say and do and are. One sees this on all sorts of levels and in all sorts of ways. It is like a man with dirt on his hands - everything he touches gets dirty too. Paul says this as a warning against the way error of all sorts can creep into all sorts of places if we do not take care. It is important for pastors to understand this principle.
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