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 servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
2 in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began. (aiōnios g166)
in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, 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 in his own seasons manifested his word in the message, wherewith I was intrusted according to the commandment 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.
to Titus, my true child after a common faith: 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.
For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge;
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 man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.
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 the bishop must be blameless, as God’s steward; not selfwilled, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;
8 Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
but given to hospitality, a lover of good, soberminded, just, 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 to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able both to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers.
10 For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,
For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, specially 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 mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.
12 As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are alway 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. For which cause reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.
not giving heed to Jewish fables, 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.
To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience 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 profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
