Titus 1
1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the elect of God and the acknowledging of the truth, which is according to godliness:
Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the chosen ones of God, and an acknowledging of truth that [is] according to piety,
2 Unto the hope of life everlasting, which God, who lieth not, hath promised before the times of the world: (aiōnios g166)
on hope of continuous life, which God, who does not lie, promised before times of ages (aiōnios g166)
3 But hath in due times manifested his word in preaching, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our Saviour:
(and He revealed His word in [His] own times), in preaching, which I was entrusted with, according to a charge of God our Savior,
4 To Titus my beloved son, according to the common faith, grace and peace from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus our Saviour.
to Titus—true child according to a common faith: Grace, [[kindness, ]] peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior!
5 For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and shouldest ordain priests in every city, as I also appointed thee:
For this cause I left you in Crete, that you may arrange the things lacking, and may set elders down in every city, as I appointed to you,
6 If any be without crime, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly.
if anyone is blameless, a husband of one wife, having believing children, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate—
7 For a bishop must be without crime, as the steward of God: not proud, not subject to anger, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre:
for it is required of the overseer to be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleased, nor prone to anger, not given to wine, not an abuser, not given to shameful gain,
8 But given to hospitality, gentle, sober, just, holy, continent:
but a lover of strangers, a lover of [the] good, sober-minded, righteous, holy, self-controlled,
9 Embracing that faithful word which is according to doctrine, that he may be able to exhort in sound doctrine, and to convince the gainsayers.
holding—according to the teaching—to the steadfast word, that he may also be able to exhort in the sound teaching, and to convict the deniers;
10 For there are also many disobedient, vain talkers, and seducers: especially they who are of the circumcision:
for there are many both insubordinate, vain-talkers, and mind-deceivers—especially those of the circumcision—
11 Who must be reproved, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.
whose mouths must be covered, who overturn whole households, teaching what things it should not, for [the] sake of shameful gain.
12 One of them a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slothful bellies.
A certain one of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans! Always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies!”
13 This testimony is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
This testimony is true; for which cause convict them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men, who turn themselves away from the truth.
not giving heed to Jewish fables and commands of men, turning themselves away from the truth.
15 All things are clean to the clean: but to them that are defiled, and to unbelievers, nothing is clean: but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
All things, indeed, [are] pure to the pure, and nothing [is] pure to the defiled and unsteadfast, but even the mind and the conscience of them [is] defiled.
16 They profess that they know God: but in their works they deny him; being abominable, and incredulous, and to every good work reprobate.
They profess to know God, but they deny [Him] by their works, being abominable, and disobedient, and disapproved to every good work.
