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, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
2 on hope of continuous life, which God, who does not lie, promised before times of ages (aiōnios g166)
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; (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,
But has in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior;
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 own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
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,
For this cause left I you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed you:
6 if anyone is blameless, a husband of one wife, having believing children, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate—
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
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 a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
8 but a lover of strangers, a lover of [the] good, sober-minded, righteous, holy, self-controlled,
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, 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 fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the disputers.
10 for there are many both insubordinate, vain-talkers, and mind-deceivers—especially those of the circumcision—
For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of 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 must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they should not, for filthy lucre’s sake.
12 A certain one of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans! Always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies!”
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
13 This testimony is true; for which cause convict them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
This witness is true. Why rebuke them sharply, 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, that turn 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 them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
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 that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and to every good work reprobate.
