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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 that leads to godliness —
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time,
This truth gives them confidence that they have eternal life, which God — who does not lie — promised them before the world began.
and which now at his appointed season he has brought to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior,
And now at just the right time he has revealed this message, which we announce to everyone. It is by the command of God our Savior that I have been entrusted with this work for him.
To Titus, my true son in our common faith:
Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
I am writing to Titus, my true son in the faith that we share.
May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior give you grace and peace.
May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior give you grace and peace.
Titus’s Work in Crete
I left you on the island of Crete so you could complete our work there and appoint elders in each town as I instructed you.
Since an overseer manages God’s household, he must be blameless — not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.
Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined.
Rather, he must enjoy having guests in his home, and he must love what is good. He must live wisely and be just. He must live a devout and disciplined life.
He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.
He must have a strong belief in the trustworthy message he was taught; then he will be able to encourage others with wholesome teaching and show those who oppose it where they are wrong.
Rebuking Those Who Fail to Do Good
For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision group.
For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision group.
For there are many rebellious people who engage in useless talk and deceive others. This is especially true of those who insist on circumcision for salvation.
They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach — and that for the sake of dishonest gain.
They must be silenced, because they are turning whole families away from the truth by their false teaching. And they do it only for money.
This saying is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith
This is true. So reprimand them sternly to make them strong in the faith.
and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the merely human commands of those who reject the truth.
They must stop listening to Jewish myths and the commands of people who have turned away from the truth.
To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted.
Everything is pure to those whose hearts are pure. But nothing is pure to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, because their minds and consciences are corrupted.