Titus 1
1 Paul a servant of God an apostle now of Jesus Christ according to [the] faith of [the] elect of God and knowledge of [the] truth which [is] according to godliness
Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,
2 in [the] hope of life eternal, which promised who cannot lie God before time eternal. (aiōnios g166)
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began. (aiōnios g166)
3 He revealed now [in] seasons [His] own in the word of Him in [the] proclamation with which was entrusted I myself according to [the] commandment of the Savior of us God;
In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.
4 To Titus [my] true child according to [our] common faith: Grace (and *N+KO) peace from God [the] Father and (Lord *K) Christ Jesus the Savior of us.
To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
5 of this Because (I left *N+k+o) you in Crete, so that the [things] lacking you may set in order and may appoint in every town elders as I myself you directed;
The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
6 if anyone is blameless, of one wife [the] husband, children having believing, not under accusation of debauchery or insubordinate.
An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.
7 It behooves for the overseer blameless to be as God’s steward, not self-willed, not quick tempered, not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy of base gain,
As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.
8 but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, [and] disciplined,
Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
9 holding according to the teaching of [the] faithful word, that able he may be both to encourage with teaching sound and those contradicting [it] to convict.
He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.
10 There are for many also insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers especially those of (the *no) circumcision
For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,
11 whom it is necessary to silence; who whole households overthrow teaching things that [they] not ought of shameful gain because.
who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
12 Said one of them own of them a prophet; Cretans [are] always liars, evil beasts, gluttons lazy.
As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
13 testimony this is true; for which cause do rebuke them severely, so that they may be sound in the faith,
This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith
14 not giving heed to Jewish myths and to [the] commandments of men turning away from the truth.
and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.
15 All things [are] (indeed *k) pure to the pure; to those however defiled and unbelieving no [thing] [is] pure, Instead have been defiled of them both mind and conscience.
To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
16 God they profess to know, however by [their] works they deny [Him] detestable being and disobedient and for any work good unfit.
They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
