Titus 1

1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Christ Jesus, for the faith of God's elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

To Titus, my true son in a common faith, from Paul, a slave of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and to the knowledge of the truth which goes with piety;

2 in hope of everlasting life, which God, who cannot lie, promised from the most ancient times, (aiōnios g166)

I write in hope of life eternal which God who never lies, promised before times eternal, (aiōnios g166)

3 but in his own seasons manifested his word through the preaching with which I was intrusted by the commandment of God our Saviour:

but manifested in his own time; that word of his in proclaiming which I have been entrusted by command of God our Saviour.

4 to Titus, true child after the common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

5 For this cause I left thee behind in Crete, that thou shouldst set in order the things that are wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed thee;

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you might set right the things left unfinished, and appoint presbyters in every city as I had instructed you;

6 if any one is without reproach, the husband of one wife, having believing children, that are not accused of dissoluteness, or unruly.

men who are blameless, the husband of one wife, with believing children who are not accused of riot or insubordination.

7 For a bishop must be without reproach, as God's steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy of base gain,

For indeed a presiding officer, as God’s steward, ought to be blameless, not self-willed or quick-tempered, not a drunkard or violent, or greedy of filthy lucre;

8 but hospitable, a lover of what is good, discreet, just, holy, temperate,

but he must be hospitable, a lover of the good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled.

9 holding fast the sure word according to what he was taught, that he may be able by sound teaching both to exhort, and to refute the gainsayers.

He must hold to the faithful word according to the teaching, so that he may be able both to encourage by sound teaching, and to confute our opponents.

10 For there are many unruly vain talkers and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision;

For there are many individuals who are unruly, empty talkers and deceivers, particularly those of the circumcision, whose mouths must be stopped;

11 whose mouths must be stopped, since they overturn whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of base gain.

for they upset whole households and, for filthy lucre’s sake, teach what they ought not to teach.

12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said: “The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slothful gluttons.”

By one of their own number, by a prophet of their own, it has been said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons."

13 This testimony is true; for which cause rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

This testimony is true. So rebuke them sharply,

14 not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.

so as to make them sound in the faith, not giving heed to Jewish myths and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.

15 To the pure all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure, but both their mind and conscience are defiled.

All things are pure to the pure; but to the contaminated and the faithless nothing is pure, nay, their very minds and consciences are tainted.

16 They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and for every good work reprobate.

They profess to know God, but by their deeds they disown him; in that they are detestable, disobedient, and reprobate for good work of any sort.