| Titus 1 | ||
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| Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, | |
| in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago, | |
| but at the proper time manifested, {even} His word, in the proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior, | |
| To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. | |
| For this reason I left you in Crete, that you would set in order what remains and appoint elders in every city as I directed you, | |
| {namely,} if any man is above reproach, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of dissipation or rebellion. | |
| For the overseer must be above reproach as God's steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not pugnacious, not fond of sordid gain, | |
| but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, just, devout, self-controlled, | |
| holding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict. | |
| For there are many rebellious men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, | |
| who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not {teach} for the sake of sordid gain. | |
| One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons." | |
| This testimony is true. For this reason reprove them severely so that they may be sound in the faith, | |
| not paying attention to Jewish myths and commandments of men who turn away from the truth. | |
| To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled. | |
| They profess to know God, but by {their} deeds they deny {Him,} being detestable and disobedient and worthless for any good deed. |
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