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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,
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,
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 hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began,
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time,
but has in due time manifested His word through preaching, which was committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior;
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,
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.
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 —
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 —
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.
but hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled,
Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined.
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.
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.
The Elders’ Task
For there are many insubordinate, both idle talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
For there are many insubordinate, both idle talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
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.
whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain.
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.
One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
This saying is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith
not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth.
and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the merely human commands of those who reject the truth.
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.
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.