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,
To Titus, my true son in a common faith, from Paul, a slave of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and to the knowledge of the truth which goes with piety;
2 in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began. (aiōnios g166)
I write in hope of life eternal which God who never lies, promised before times eternal, (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 manifested in his own time; that word of his in proclaiming which I have been entrusted by command of God our Saviour.
4 To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.
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.
I left you in Crete for this reason, that you might set right the things left unfinished, and appoint presbyters in every city as I had instructed you;
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.
men who are blameless, the husband of one wife, with believing children who are not accused of riot or insubordination.
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 indeed a presiding officer, as God’s steward, ought to be blameless, not self-willed or quick-tempered, not a drunkard or violent, or greedy of filthy lucre;
8 Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
but he must be hospitable, a lover of the good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled.
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.
He must hold to the faithful word according to the teaching, so that he may be able both to encourage by sound teaching, and to confute our opponents.
10 For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,
For there are many individuals who are unruly, empty talkers and deceivers, particularly those of the circumcision, whose mouths must be stopped;
11 who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
for they upset whole households and, for filthy lucre’s sake, teach what they ought not to teach.
12 As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
By one of their own number, by a prophet of their own, it has been said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons."
13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith
This testimony is true. So rebuke them sharply,
14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.
so as to make them sound in the faith, not giving heed to Jewish myths and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
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.
All things are pure to the pure; but to the contaminated and the faithless nothing is pure, nay, their very minds and consciences are tainted.
16 They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
They profess to know God, but by their deeds they disown him; in that they are detestable, disobedient, and reprobate for good work of any sort.
