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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Titus 1
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1Paul, 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; 2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time, 3but 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; 4to Titus, my own child according to the faith common to us: Grace and peace from God the Father, and Christ Jesus our Saviour.
5For 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:
6if any one be free from all charge against him, husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly. 7For 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; 8but hospitable, a lover of goodness, discreet, just, pious, temperate, 9clinging to the faithful word according to the doctrine taught, that he may be able both to encourage with sound teaching and refute gainsayers. 10For there are many and disorderly vain speakers and deceivers of people's minds, specially those of the circumcision, 11who must have their mouths stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which ought not to be taught for the sake of base gain. 12One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said, Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons. 13This testimony is true; for which cause rebuke them severely, that they may be sound in the faith, 14not turning their minds to Jewish fables and commandments of men turning away from the truth. 15All things are pure to the pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled. 16They 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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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.