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—an apostle moreover of Jesus Christ, —according to the faith of the chosen ones of God, and the personal knowledge of the truth that 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 life age-abiding; which God, who cannot lie, promised before age-during times, (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 manifested in its fitting seasons, even his word, in the proclamation with which entrusted am I—by injunction of our Saviour God:
4 To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Unto Titus, my true child according to a common faith, —favour and peace, from God [our] 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, the things remaining undone, thou mightest completely set in order, and mightest establish, in every city, elders, as, I, with thee arranged: —
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 anyone is unaccusable, a husband of, one wife, having children that believe, who are not charged with riotous excess, nor insubordinate;
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 it is needful that the overseer be—unaccusable, as God’s steward, not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, not ready to wound, not seeking gain by base means,
8 Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
But hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober-minded, just, kind, possessing self-control,
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, in the matter of his teaching, the faithful word, that he may be able both to encourage with his healthful instruction, and, the gainsayers, to refute.
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, especially 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 needs be stopped, men who are upsetting whole houses, teaching the things which ought not [to be taught] —for the sake of base gain.
12 As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
Said one from among them, a prophet, of their own!—Cretans! always false, mischievous wild-beasts, idle gluttons:
13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith
This witness, is true, —for which cause, be reproving them sharply, that they may be healthy in their 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 Judaical stories and commandments of men who are turning 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, unto the pure, but, unto the polluted and faithless, nothing, is pure, but polluted are both their mind and conscience;
16 They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
God, they confess that they know, but, by their works, they deny him, being, abominable, and obdurate, and, as to any good work, found, worthless.
