Titus 1
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Greeting
1Paul, # Ac 13:9 a slave of God # Ac 16:17; Rm 1:1; Eph 6:6; Jms 1:1; 1Pt 2:16; Rv 1:1 and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to build up # Or according to the faith of God’s elect # Mt 22:14; 24:22; Lk 18:7; Rm 8:33; Col 3:12; 1Co 1:27-28; 1Th 1:4; Jms 2:5 and their knowledge of the truth # 1Tm 2:4; 2Tm 3:7 that leads # Or corresponds to godliness, # 1Tm 6:3 2in the hope of eternal life # 1Co 15:19; Ti 3:7; Heb 9:15 that God, who cannot lie, # Nm 23:19; Heb 6:18 promised before time began. # Rm 1:2; 2Tm 1:9 3In His own time He has revealed # Jn 21:1; 2Co 4:11; 1Pt 5:4; 1Jn 1:2 His message # Jn 1:1; 2:22; 2Tm 2:15; Heb 4:12 in the proclamation that I was entrusted # 1Tm 1:11; 6:20; 2Tm 1:12,14 with by the command # 1Tm 1:1 of God our Savior: # 1Tm 1:1; 2:3; Ti 2:10; 3:4; Jd 25
4To Titus, # 2Co 2:13; 7:6,13-14; 8:6,16,23; 12:18; Gl 2:1,3; 2Tm 4:10 my true son # 1Tm 1:2 in our common faith.
Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. # Rm 1:7; 1Co 1:3
Titus’s Ministry in Crete
5The reason I left you in Crete # Ac 27:7,12-13 was to set right what was left undone and, as I directed you, to appoint elders # 1Tm 3:1-7; 5:17 in every town: 6one # 1Tm 3:2-4 who is blameless, # Col 1:22 the husband of one wife, having faithful # Or believing children not accused of wildness or rebellion. 7For an overseer, # Ac 20:28; Php 1:1; 1Pt 2:25 as God’s administrator, must be blameless, not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not addicted to wine, not a bully, not greedy for money, 8but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, righteous, holy, self-controlled, 9holding to the faithful message as taught, # Ac 2:42 so that he will be able both to encourage with sound teaching # 1Tm 1:10; 6:3; 2Tm 1:13; Ti 2:1 and to refute those who contradict it.
10For there are also many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from Judaism. # Lit the circumcision 11It is necessary to silence them; they overthrow whole households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly. 12One of their very own prophets said,
Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons. # This saying is from the Cretan poet Epimenides (6th century b.c.).
13This testimony is true. # Jn 8:14 So, rebuke them sharply, # 2Co 13:10 that they may be sound in the faith 14and may not pay attention to Jewish myths # 1Tm 1:4; 4:7; 2Tm 4:4; 2Pt 1:16 and the commands of men who reject the truth. # 2Tm 4:4
15To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience # Heb 13:18 are defiled. 16They profess to know God, # Jn 7:28 but they deny Him by their works. # Mk 14:6; 2Co 9:8; Gl 3:10; Jms 2:14-26 They are detestable, disobedient, and disqualified for any good work. # 2Co 9:8
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Titus 1
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1This letter comes from Paul, servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I'm sent to build up the trust of God's chosen people and to share the knowledge of the truth that leads to lives lived for God. 2This gives them the hope of eternal life that God (who cannot lie) promised ages ago, 3but which at the proper time he revealed through his word in the message which I was entrusted to give, following the command of God our Savior. 4This letter is sent to Titus, my true son through the trust in God we share in common. May you have grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
5The reason I left you in Crete was for you to organize what was still needed and to appoint elders in every town, as I told you. 6An elder must have a good reputation, the husband of one wife, and have children who believe and who are not accused of being wild or disobedient. 7As a leader for God, a head elder must have a good reputation and not be arrogant. He should not have a quick temper nor get drunk; he shouldn't be violent or greedy for money. 8He should be hospitable, someone who loves what's good and does what's right. He should be living a life for God, self-controlled, 9and must be devoted to the trustworthy message as it's taught. In this way he can encourage others through correct teaching, and be able to convince those who disagree.
10For there are many rebels around who talk a lot of deceptive nonsense, especially from the circumcision group.#1:10. Referring to those Jewish believers who taught that circumcision was necessary for salvation. 11Their talking must stop, these people who throw whole families into turmoil, teaching things that aren't right for the sake of making money. 12As someone of their own people,#1:12. Not necessarily of the circumcision faction or any other dissident group, but someone from Crete. a prophet, has stated, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts who are lazy, greedy people.” 13This is a true statement! Consequently give them a good telling-off so that they can have a healthy trust in God, 14not paying attention to Jewish myths and human commandments from those who deviate from the truth. 15To those who have clean minds everything is clean, but to those who are corrupt and refuse to trust in God, nothing is clean—both their minds and their consciences are corrupt. 16They claim to know God, but they prove this is false by what they do. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good.
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