Titus 1
1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the chosen ones of God, and an acknowledging of truth that [is] according to piety,
Paul, the servant of God, and apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the elect of God, and the perfect knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
2 on hope of continuous life, which God, who does not lie, promised before times of ages (aiōnios g166)
in the hope of eternal life, which God who cannot lie, promised before the eternal times, (aiōnios g166)
3 (and He revealed His word in [His] own times), in preaching, which I was entrusted with, according to a charge of God our Savior,
and manifested in his own seasons his word by preaching, with which I am intrusted, according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
4 to Titus—true child according to a common faith: Grace, [[kindness, ]] peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior!
to Titus, my beloved son according to the common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Jesus Christ our Saviour.
5 For this cause I left you in Crete, that you may arrange the things lacking, and may set elders down in every city, as I appointed to you,
Therefore I left you in Crete, in order that you may set in order remaining things, and establish elders in every city, as I commanded you;
6 if anyone is blameless, a husband of one wife, having believing children, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate—
if any one is irreproachable, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not in accusation of riot or incorrigible.
7 for it is required of the overseer to be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleased, nor prone to anger, not given to wine, not an abuser, not given to shameful gain,
For it behooves the bishop to be blameless, as the steward of God; not audacious, not irascible, not given to wine, not a controvertist, not fond of filthy lucre;
8 but a lover of strangers, a lover of [the] good, sober-minded, righteous, holy, self-controlled,
but hospitable, loving the good, prudent, righteous, holy, temperate;
9 holding—according to the teaching—to the steadfast word, that he may also be able to exhort in the sound teaching, and to convict the deniers;
holding that which is according to the teaching of the faithful word, in order that he may be able both to exhort with healthy teaching, and to convict the opposers.
10 for there are many both insubordinate, vain-talkers, and mind-deceivers—especially those of the circumcision—
For many are incorrigible, speaking vain things and egotistical, especially those from the circumcision,
11 whose mouths must be covered, who overturn whole households, teaching what things it should not, for [the] sake of shameful gain.
whose mouths it is necessary to stop; who overturn whole families, teaching those things which it does not behoove, for the sake of disgraceful gain.
12 A certain one of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans! Always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies!”
A certain one of them, their own prophet, said, The Cretans are all liars, evil beasts, slow stomachs.
13 This testimony is true; for which cause convict them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
This testimony is true: on account of which cause convict them sharply, in order that they may be sound in the faith,
14 not giving heed to Jewish fables and commands of men, turning themselves away from the truth.
not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men turning away from the truth.
15 All things, indeed, [are] pure to the pure, and nothing [is] pure to the defiled and unsteadfast, but even the mind and the conscience of them [is] defiled.
To the pure all things are pure: but to the corrupted and unbelieving there is nothing pure; yea, their mind and their conscience are polluted.
16 They profess to know God, but they deny [Him] by their works, being abominable, and disobedient, and disapproved to every good work.
They profess to know God, but deny him by their works, being abominable, and unbelieving, and reprobate unto every good work.
