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, 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;

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 ages of time, (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 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;

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 child according to [the] faith common [to us]: Grace and peace from God [the] Father, and Christ Jesus 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,

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:

6 if anyone is blameless, a husband of one wife, having believing children, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate—

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

8 but a lover of strangers, a lover of [the] good, sober-minded, righteous, holy, self-controlled,

but hospitable, a lover of goodness, discreet, just, pious, 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;

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

10 for there are many both insubordinate, vain-talkers, and mind-deceivers—especially those of the circumcision—

For there are many and disorderly vain speakers and deceivers of people's minds, specially 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 have their mouths stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which ought not [to be taught] for the sake of base gain.

12 A certain one of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans! Always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies!”

One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said, Cretans are always liars, evil wild 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; for which cause rebuke them severely, 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 turning [their] minds 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.

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.

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 in works deny [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and found worthless as to every good work.