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 for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,
2 in [the] hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time, (aiōnios g166)
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began. (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;
In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command 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 child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus 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:
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.
6 if any one be free from all charge [against him], husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly.
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.
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;
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.
8 but hospitable, a lover of goodness, discreet, just, pious, temperate,
Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
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.
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.
10 For there are many and disorderly vain speakers and deceivers of people's minds, specially those of [the] circumcision,
For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, 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.
who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
12 One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said, Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.
As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil 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. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith
14 not turning [their] minds to Jewish fables and commandments of men turning away from the truth.
and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected 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 defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
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 to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
