Titus 1
1 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,
Paul a seruaunt of God, and an Apostle of Iesus Christ, according to the faith of Gods elect, and the acknowledging of the trueth, which is according vnto godlines,
2 in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began. (aiōnios g166)
Vnto the hope of eternall life, which God that cannot lie, hath promised before the world began: (aiōnios g166)
3 In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.
But hath made his worde manifest in due time through the preaching, which is committed vnto me, according to the commandement of God our Sauiour:
4 To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
To Titus my naturall sonne according to the common faith, Grace, mercie and peace from God the Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ our Sauiour.
5 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.
For this cause left I thee in Creta, that thou shouldest continue to redresse the thinges that remaine, and shouldest ordeine Elders in euery citie, as I appointed thee,
6 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.
If any be vnreproueable, the husband of one wife, hauing faithfull children, which are not slandered of riot, neither are disobedient.
7 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.
For a Bishop must bee vnreproueable, as Gods steward, not froward, not angrie, not giuen to wine, no striker, not giuen to filthie lucre,
8 Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
But harberous, one that loueth goodnesse, wise, righteous, holy, temperate,
9 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.
Holding fast that faithfull worde according to doctrine, that he also may bee able to exhort with wholesome doctrine, and conuince them that say against it.
10 For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,
For there are many disobedient and vaine talkers and deceiuers of mindes, chiefly they of the Circumcision,
11 who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
Whose mouthes must bee stopped, which subuert whole houses, teaching things, which they ought not, for filthie lucres sake.
12 As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
One of themselues, euen one of their owne prophets said, The Cretians are alwaies liars, euill beastes, slowe bellies.
13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith
This witnesse is true: wherefore conuince them sharply, that they may be sound in ye faith,
14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.
And not taking heede to Iewish fables and commandements of men, that turne away from the trueth.
15 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.
Vnto the pure are all things pure, but vnto them that are defiled, and vnbeleeuing, is nothing pure, but euen their mindes and consciences are defiled.
16 They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
They professe that they know God, but by works they deny him, and are abominable and disobedient, and vnto euery good worke reprobate.
