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, in accord with the faith of God’s elect and in acknowledgment of the truth which is accompanied by piety,

2 in [the] hope of life eternal, which promised who cannot lie God before time eternal. (aiōnios g166)

in the hope of the eternal life that God, who does not lie, promised before the ages of time, (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;

which, at the proper time, he has manifested by his Word, in the preaching that has been 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, beloved son according to the common faith. Grace and peace, from God the Father and from 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;

For this reason, I left you behind in Crete: so that those things which are lacking, you would correct, and so that you would ordain, throughout the communities, priests, (just as I also ordained you)

6 if anyone is blameless, of one wife [the] husband, children having believing, not under accusation of debauchery or insubordinate.

if such a man is without offense, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of self-indulgence, nor of 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,

And a bishop, as a steward of God, must be without offense: not arrogant, not short-tempered, not a drunkard, not violent, not desiring tainted profit,

8 but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, [and] disciplined,

but instead: hospitable, kind, sober, just, holy, chaste,

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.

embracing faithful speech which is in agreement with doctrine, so that he may be able to exhort in sound doctrine and to argue against those who contradict.

10 There are for many also insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers especially those of (the *no) circumcision

For there are, indeed, many who are disobedient, who speak empty words, and who deceive, especially those who are of the circumcision.

11 whom it is necessary to silence; who whole households overthrow teaching things that [they] not ought of shameful gain because.

These must be reproved, for they subvert entire houses, teaching things which should not be taught, for the favor of shameful gain.

12 Said one of them own of them a prophet; Cretans [are] always liars, evil beasts, gluttons lazy.

A certain one of these, a prophet of their own kind, said: “The Cretans are ever 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. Because of this, rebuke them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith,

14 not giving heed to Jewish myths and to [the] commandments of men turning away from the truth.

not paying attention to Jewish fables, nor to the rules of men who have turned themselves away from 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.

All things are clean to those who are clean. But to those who are defiled, and to unbelievers, nothing is clean; for both their mind and their conscience have been polluted.

16 God they profess to know, however by [their] works they deny [Him] detestable being and disobedient and for any work good unfit.

They claim that they know God. But, by their own works, they deny him, since they are abominable, and unbelieving, and reprobate, toward every good work.