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 for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads 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 time 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,
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—true child according to a common faith: Grace, [[kindness, ]] peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior!
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 you in Crete, that you may arrange the things lacking, and may set elders down in every city, as I appointed to you,
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 anyone is blameless, a husband of one wife, having believing children, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate—
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 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,
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 a lover of strangers, a lover of [the] good, sober-minded, righteous, holy, self-controlled,
Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
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;
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 both insubordinate, vain-talkers, and mind-deceivers—especially those of the circumcision—
For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those 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.
who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
12 A certain one of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans! Always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies!”
As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
13 This testimony is true; for which cause convict them sharply, 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 giving heed to Jewish fables and commands of men, turning themselves 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, 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 defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are 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 to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
