Titus 1
1
1From Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ.
I encourage God's own people to have more faith and to understand the truth about religion. 2Then they will have the hope of eternal life God promised long ago. And God never tells a lie! 3So, at the proper time, God our Savior gave this message and told me to announce what he had said.
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2 Co 8.23; Ga 2.3; 2 Ti 4.10. Titus, because of our faith, you are like a son to me. I pray that God our Father and Christ Jesus our Savior will be kind to you and will bless you with peace!
What Titus Was To Do in Crete
5I left you in Crete to do what had been left undone and to appoint leaders#1.5 leaders: Or “elders” or “presbyters” or “priests.” for the churches in each town. As I told you, 6#1 Ti 3.2-7. they must have a good reputation and be faithful in marriage.#1.6 be faithful in marriage: Or “be the husband of only one wife.” Their children must be followers of the Lord and not have a reputation for being wild and disobedient.
7Church officials#1.7 Church officials: Or “Bishops.” are in charge of God's work, and so they must also have a good reputation. They must not be bossy, quick-tempered, heavy drinkers, bullies, or dishonest in business. 8Instead, they must be friendly to strangers and enjoy doing good things. They must also be sensible, fair, pure, and self-controlled. 9They must stick to the true message they were taught, so their good teaching can help others and correct everyone who opposes it.
10There are many who don't respect authority, and they fool others by talking nonsense. This is especially true of some Jewish followers. 11But you must make them be quiet. They are after money, and they upset whole families by teaching what they should not. 12It is like one of their own prophets once said,
“The people of Crete
always tell lies.
They are greedy and lazy
like wild animals.”
13This surely is a true saying. And you should be hard on such people, so you can help them grow stronger in their faith. 14Don't pay any attention to any of those senseless Jewish stories and human commands. These are made up by people who won't obey the truth.
15Everything is pure for someone whose heart is pure. But nothing is pure for an unbeliever with a dirty mind. That person's mind and conscience are destroyed. 16Such people claim to know God, but their actions prove they really don't. They are disgusting. They won't obey God, and they are too worthless to do anything good.
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Titus 1
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Greetings
1Paul, a slave of God and an emissary of Messiah Yeshua, for the faith of God’s chosen and the knowledge of truth that is in keeping with godliness,
2based on the hope of eternal life. God—who cannot lie—promised this before the beginning of time.
3But in His own time He made His message known, through a proclamation with which I was entrusted, by the command of God our Savior.
4To Titus, a true child of our common faith: Grace and shalom from God the Father and Messiah Yeshua, our Savior!
Setting the Community in Order
5The reason I left you in Crete was so that you would set in order the things that remain and appoint elders in every city as I directed you—
6if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children of faith with no charge of wild living or rebellion.
7For the overseer must be blameless as God’s administrator—not arrogant, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain.
8Rather he must be hospitable, loving what is good, self-controlled, upright, devout, disciplined.
9He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message in keeping with the teaching, so he can both encourage by instruction that is sound and convict those who speak against it.
10For there are many who are rebellious, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those from the circumcision.
11They must be silenced—those who upset entire households by teaching what they should not, for the sake of dishonest gain.
12One of them, one of their own prophets, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
13This testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply, so they might be sound in the faith,
14not paying attention to Judaic myths and commands of men who turn away from the truth.
15To the pure all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Both their mind and conscience are defiled.
16They claim to know God but their deeds deny Him. They are despicable and disobedient and worthless for any good deed.
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