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,
Paul, the servant of God, and apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the elect of God, and the perfect knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
2 in hope of everlasting life, which God, who cannot lie, promised from the most ancient times, (aiōnios g166)
in the hope of eternal life, which God who cannot lie, promised before the eternal times, (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:
and manifested in his own seasons his word by preaching, with which I am intrusted, according to the commandment 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.
to Titus, my beloved son according to the common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Jesus Christ 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;
Therefore I left you in Crete, in order that you may set in order remaining things, and establish elders in every city, as I commanded you;
6 if any one is without reproach, the husband of one wife, having believing children, that are not accused of dissoluteness, or unruly.
if any one is irreproachable, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not in accusation of riot or incorrigible.
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 it behooves the bishop to be blameless, as the steward of God; not audacious, not irascible, not given to wine, not a controvertist, not fond of filthy lucre;
8 but hospitable, a lover of what is good, discreet, just, holy, temperate,
but hospitable, loving the good, prudent, righteous, holy, temperate;
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.
holding that which is according to the teaching of the faithful word, in order that he may be able both to exhort with healthy teaching, and to convict the opposers.
10 For there are many unruly vain talkers and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision;
For many are incorrigible, speaking vain things and egotistical, especially those from the circumcision,
11 whose mouths must be stopped, since they overturn whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of base gain.
whose mouths it is necessary to stop; who overturn whole families, teaching those things which it does not behoove, for the sake of disgraceful gain.
12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said: “The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slothful gluttons.”
A certain one of them, their own prophet, said, The Cretans are all liars, evil beasts, slow stomachs.
13 This testimony is true; for which cause rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
This testimony is true: on account of which cause convict them sharply, in order that they may be sound in the faith,
14 not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men turning 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.
To the pure all things are pure: but to the corrupted and unbelieving there is nothing pure; yea, their mind and their conscience are polluted.
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 deny him by their works, being abominable, and unbelieving, and reprobate unto every good work.
