< Titus 1 >
1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
Paul a servant of God an apostle now of Jesus Christ according to [the] faith of [the] elect of God and knowledge of [the] truth which [is] according to godliness
2 in hope of everlasting life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began; (aiōnios )
in [the] hope of life eternal, which promised who cannot lie God before time eternal. (aiōnios )
3 but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;
He revealed now [in] seasons [His] own in the word of Him in [the] proclamation with which was entrusted I myself according to [the] commandment of the Savior of us God;
4 to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
To Titus [my] true child according to [our] common faith: Grace (and *N(K)O*) peace from God [the] Father and (Lord *K*) Christ Jesus the Savior of us.
5 I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;
of this Because (I left *N(k)(o)*) you in Crete, so that the [things] lacking you may set in order and may appoint in every town elders as I myself you directed;
6 if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.
if anyone is blameless, of one wife [the] husband, children having believing, not under accusation of debauchery or insubordinate.
7 For the bishop must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;
It behooves for the overseer blameless to be as God’s steward, not self-willed, not quick tempered, not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy of base gain,
8 but given to hospitality, as a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined;
but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, [and] disciplined,
9 holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.
holding according to the teaching of [the] faithful word, that able he may be both to encourage with teaching sound and those contradicting [it] to convict.
10 For there are many rebellious people, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
There are for many also insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers especially those of (the *no*) circumcision
11 whose mouths must be silenced; who are upsetting whole families, teaching things which they should not, for the sake of dishonest gain.
whom it is necessary to silence; who whole households overthrow teaching things that [they] not ought of shameful gain because.
12 One of them, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons."
Said one of them own of them a prophet; Cretans [are] always liars, evil beasts, gluttons lazy.
13 This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
testimony this is true; for which cause do rebuke them severely, so that they may be sound in the faith,
14 not paying attention to Jewish myths and commandments of people who reject the truth.
not giving heed to Jewish myths and to [the] commandments of men turning away from the truth.
15 To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
All things [are] (indeed *k*) pure to the pure; to those however defiled and unbelieving no [thing] [is] pure, Instead have been defiled of them both mind and conscience.
16 They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
God they profess to know, however by [their] works they deny [Him] detestable being and disobedient and for any work good unfit.