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Paul's Greeting to Titus

Paul, bondman of God, and apostle of Jesus Christ according to [the] faith of God's elect, and knowledge of [the] truth which [is] according to piety;

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Greeting

Paul, a servanta of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness,

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in [the] hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time,

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in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages beganb

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but has manifested in its own due season his word, in [the] proclamation with which *I* have been entrusted, according to [the] commandment of our Saviour God;

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and at the proper time manifested in his wordc through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior;

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to Titus, my own child according to [the] faith common [to us]: Grace and peace from God [the] Father, and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

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To Titus, my true child in a common faith:
Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

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Appointment of Elders on Crete

For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest go on to set right what remained [unordered], and establish elders in each city, as *I* had ordered thee:

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Qualifications for Elders

This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you —

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if any one be free from all charge [against him], husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly.

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if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife,d and his children are believerse and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination.

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For the overseer must be free from all charge [against him] as God's steward; not headstrong, not passionate, not disorderly through wine, not a striker, not seeking gain by base means;

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For an overseer,f as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,

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but hospitable, a lover of goodness, discreet, just, pious, temperate,

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but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

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clinging to the faithful word according to the doctrine taught, that he may be able both to encourage with sound teaching and refute gainsayers.

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He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in soundg doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

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Correcting False Teachers

For there are many and disorderly vain speakers and deceivers of people's minds, specially those of [the] circumcision,

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For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party.h

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who must have their mouths stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which ought not [to be taught] for the sake of base gain.

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They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.

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One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said, Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.

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One of the Cretans,i a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”j

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This testimony is true; for which cause rebuke them severely, that they may be sound in the faith,

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This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

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not turning [their] minds to Jewish fables and commandments of men turning away from the truth.

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not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.

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All things [are] pure to the pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing [is] pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

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To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

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They profess to know God, but in works deny [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and found worthless as to every good work.

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They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.

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