Titus 1

1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledgement of the truth, which is according to godliness;

Paul, a bondservant of God and an Apostle of Jesus Christ for building up the faith of God's own people and spreading a full knowledge of the truths of religion,

2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who can not lie, promised be fore the times of the ages, (aiōnios g166)

in hope of the Life of the Ages which God, who is never false to His word, promised before the commencement of the Ages. (aiōnios g166)

3 but he has in his own times manifested his word by preaching, which was committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior;

And at the appointed time He clearly made known His Message in the preaching with which I was entrusted by the command of God our Saviour:

4 to Titus, my true son, according to the common faith: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.

To Titus my own true child in our common faith. May grace and peace be granted to you from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

5 I left you in Crete for this purpose, that you might set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I commanded you:

I have left you behind in Crete in order that you may set right the things which still require attention, and appoint Elders in every town, as I directed you to do;

6 if any one is blameless, the husband of one wife, if he has faithful children that are not accused of riotous living, or disobedient.

wherever there is a man of blameless life, true to his one wife, having children who are themselves believers and are free from every reproach of profligacy or of stubborn self-will.

7 For the bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not passionate, not fond of wine, not quarrelsome, not one who makes money by base means;

For, as God's steward, a minister must be of blameless life, not over-fond of having his own way, not a man of a passionate temper nor a hard drinker, not given to blows nor greedy of gain,

8 but hospitable, a lover of goodness, sober-minded, just, holy, temperate,

but hospitable to strangers, a lover of goodness, sober-minded, upright, saintly, self-controlled;

9 holding fast the sure word as it is taught, that he may be able, by sound teaching, both to exhort and to convince the opposers.

holding fast to the faithful Message which he has received, so that he may be well qualified both to encourage others with sound teaching and to reply successfully to opponents.

10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

For there are many that spurn authority--idle, talkative and deceitful persons, who, for the most part, are adherents of the Circumcision.

11 whose mouths must be stopped: these subvert whole houses by teaching, for the sake of base gain, things which they ought not to teach.

You must stop the mouths of such men, for they overthrow the faith of whole families, teaching what they ought not, just for the sake of making money.

12 One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said: The Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.

One of their own number--a Prophet who is a countryman of theirs--has said, "Cretans are always liars, dangerous animals, idle gluttons."

13 This testimony is true; wherefore rebuke them severely, that they may be sound in the faith,

This testimony is true. Therefore sternly denounce them, that they may be robust in their faith,

14 and not give heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men that turn away from the truth.

and not give attention to Jewish legends and the maxims of men who turn their backs on the truth.

15 To the pure, all things are pure: but to the denied and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but their mind and their conscience are denied.

To the pure everything is pure; but to the polluted and unbelieving nothing is pure, but on the contrary their very minds and consciences are polluted.

16 They profess that they know God, but in their works they deny him, being detestable and disobedient, and, as it respects every good work, rejected.

They profess to know God; but in their actions they disown Him, and are detestable and disobedient men, and for any good work are utterly useless.