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, for promoting the faith of God's chosen people, 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 all ages; (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.
and hath in his own times manifested his word, by the preaching, with which 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 son in the common faith, grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ 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 I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest set in order what remained, and ordain elders in every city as I directed 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.
to wit, if any one be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of debauchery, 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 a bishop must be blameless as the steward of God, not self-willed, not passionate, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of sordid gain:
8 Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
but hospitable, benevolent, sober, 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 fast the faithful word, according as he hath been taught, that he may be able both to instruct in sound doctrine, and to convince gainsayers.
10 For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,
For there are many disorderly persons, vain-talkers and deceivers, especially 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.
who subvert whole families, teaching what they ought not, for shameful gain:
12 As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
as said one of themselves, a prophet of their own, "The Cretans are always liars, mischievous beasts, sluggish 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 rebuke them sharply, that they may be found in the faith;
14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.
not attending to Jewish fables, and the precepts 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 indeed all things are pure; but to the polluted and unbelieving nothing is pure; even their mind and conscience is polluted.
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 in works deny Him, being abominable and disobedient, and to every thing that is good void of understanding.
