| 1 | Titus | ||
| 1 | Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth which accords with godliness, | Salutation Tt.1.1-4 | |
| 2 | in hope of eternal life which God, who never lies, promised ages ago | ||
| 3 | and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by command of God our Saviour; | ||
| 4 | To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour. | ||
| 5 | This is why I left you in Crete, that you might amend what was defective, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you, | Titus' Work in Crete Tt.1.5-16 | |
| 6 | if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of being profligate or insubordinate. | ||
| 7 | For a bishop, as God's steward, must be blameless; he must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, | ||
| 8 | but hospitable, a lover of goodness, master of himself, upright, holy, and self-controlled; | ||
| 9 | he must hold firm to the sure word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to confute those who contradict it. | ||
| 10 | For there are many insubordinate men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially the circumcision party; | ||
| 11 | they must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for base gain what they have no right to teach. | ||
| 12 | One of themselves, 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 | instead of giving heed to Jewish myths or to commands of men who reject the truth. | ||
| 15 | To the pure all things are pure, but to the corrupt and unbelieving nothing is pure; their very minds and consciences are corrupted. | ||
| 16 | They profess to know God, but they deny him by their deeds; they are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good deed. | ||
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