Titus 1
1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
Paul, the servant of God, and apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the elect of God, and the perfect knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
2 in hope of the consummate (aiōnios g166) life, which God, who cannnot lie, promised before time began;
in the hope of eternal life, which God who cannot lie, promised before the eternal times, (aiōnios g166)
3 but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,
and manifested in his own seasons his word by preaching, with which I am intrusted, according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
4 to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
to Titus, my beloved son according to the common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Jesus Christ our Saviour.
5 I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you—
Therefore I left you in Crete, in order that you may set in order remaining things, and establish elders in every city, as I commanded you;
6 if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.
if any one is irreproachable, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not in accusation of riot or incorrigible.
7 For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;
For it behooves the bishop to be blameless, as the steward of God; not audacious, not irascible, not given to wine, not a controvertist, not fond of filthy lucre;
8 but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled,
but hospitable, loving the good, prudent, righteous, holy, temperate;
9 holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.
holding that which is according to the teaching of the faithful word, in order that he may be able both to exhort with healthy teaching, and to convict the opposers.
10 For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
For many are incorrigible, speaking vain things and egotistical, especially those from the circumcision,
11 whose mouths must be stopped: men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.
whose mouths it is necessary to stop; who overturn whole families, teaching those things which it does not behoove, for the sake of disgraceful gain.
12 One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.”
A certain one of them, their own prophet, said, The Cretans are all liars, evil beasts, slow stomachs.
13 This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
This testimony is true: on account of which cause convict them sharply, in order that they may be sound in the faith,
14 not paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men turning away from the truth.
15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
To the pure all things are pure: but to the corrupted and unbelieving there is nothing pure; yea, their mind and their conscience are polluted.
16 They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
They profess to know God, but deny him by their works, being abominable, and unbelieving, and reprobate unto every good work.
