Philagathos describes a quality listed with hospitality, self-control, uprightness, holiness, and discipline.

The attested use presents philagathos as one quality in a coordinated list of commendable traits in Titus 1:8.

1. A quality within a list of commendable traits · dominant

   In Titus 1:8, the accusative singular masculine form φιλάγαθον occurs in a series that also includes hospitality, self-control, uprightness, holiness, and discipline; the APB renders the series, “but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.”

   Titus 1:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Titus 1:8, the APB includes “a lover of good” within a list of traits. The clause confirms the list setting rather than isolating the term beyond that rendering.