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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 bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect and the acknowledgment 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 cannot lie, promised before time began,

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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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but has in due time manifested His word through preaching, which was committed to me according to the commandment 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, a true son in our common faith:
Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and [a]the Lord Jesus Christ 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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Qualified Elders

For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded 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 a man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of [b]dissipation 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 a [c]bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money,

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

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but hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled,

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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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holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict.

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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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The Elders’ Task

For there are many insubordinate, both idle talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

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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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whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain.

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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 them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

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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 giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn 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 those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience 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 in works they deny Him, being [d]abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.

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Titus 1

Titus 1