Titus 1

1 Paul, bondman of God, and apostle of Jesus Christ according to [the] faith of God's elect, and knowledge of [the] truth which [is] according to piety;

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledgement of the truth, which is according to godliness;

2 in [the] hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time, (aiōnios g166)

in hope of eternal life, which God, who can not lie, promised be fore the times of the ages, (aiōnios g166)

3 but has manifested in its own due season his word, in [the] proclamation with which I have been entrusted, according to [the] commandment of our Saviour God;

but he has in his own times manifested his word by preaching, which was committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior;

4 to Titus, my own child according to [the] faith common [to us]: Grace and peace from God [the] Father, and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

to Titus, my true son, according to the common faith: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.

5 For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest go on to set right what remained [unordered], and establish elders in each city, as I had ordered thee:

I left you in Crete for this purpose, that you might set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I commanded you:

6 if any one be free from all charge [against him], husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly.

if any one is blameless, the husband of one wife, if he has faithful children that are not accused of riotous living, or disobedient.

7 For the overseer must be free from all charge [against him] as God's steward; not headstrong, not passionate, not disorderly through wine, not a striker, not seeking gain by base means;

For the bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not passionate, not fond of wine, not quarrelsome, not one who makes money by base means;

8 but hospitable, a lover of goodness, discreet, just, pious, temperate,

but hospitable, a lover of goodness, sober-minded, just, holy, temperate,

9 clinging to the faithful word according to the doctrine taught, that he may be able both to encourage with sound teaching and refute gainsayers.

holding fast the sure word as it is taught, that he may be able, by sound teaching, both to exhort and to convince the opposers.

10 For there are many and disorderly vain speakers and deceivers of people's minds, specially those of [the] circumcision,

For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

11 who must have their mouths stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which ought not [to be taught] for the sake of base gain.

whose mouths must be stopped: these subvert whole houses by teaching, for the sake of base gain, things which they ought not to teach.

12 One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said, Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.

One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said: The Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.

13 This testimony is true; for which cause rebuke them severely, that they may be sound in the faith,

This testimony is true; wherefore rebuke them severely, that they may be sound in the faith,

14 not turning [their] minds to Jewish fables and commandments of men turning away from the truth.

and not give heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men that turn away from the truth.

15 All things [are] pure to the pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing [is] pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

To the pure, all things are pure: but to the denied and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but their mind and their conscience are denied.

16 They profess to know God, but in works deny [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and found worthless as to every good work.

They profess that they know God, but in their works they deny him, being detestable and disobedient, and, as it respects every good work, rejected.