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 seruaunt of God and an Apostle of Iesu Christ to preache the fayth of goddis electe and ye knowledge of that trueth which is after godlynes
2 in hope of everlasting life, which God, who cannot lie, promised from the most ancient times, (aiōnios g166)
vpon the hope of eternall lyfe which lyfe God that cannot lye hath promised before the worlde begane: (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 hath opened his worde at ye tyme apoynted thorow preachynge which preachynge is committed vnto me by the commaundement of god oure saveoure.
4 to Titus, true child after the common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.
To Titus his naturall sonne in the commen fayth. Grace mercie and peace from God the father and from the lord Iesu Christ oure saveoure.
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;
For this cause left I ye in Creta that thou shuldest performe that which was lackynge and shuldest ordeyne elders in every citie as I apoynted the.
6 if any one is without reproach, the husband of one wife, having believing children, that are not accused of dissoluteness, or unruly.
Yf eny be fautelesse the husbande of one wyfe havynge faythfull childre which are not selandred of royote nether are disobediet.
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 a bisshoppe must be fautelesse as it be commeth the minister of God: not stubborne not angrye no dronkarde no fyghter not geven to filthy lucre:
8 but hospitable, a lover of what is good, discreet, just, holy, temperate,
but herberous one that loveth goodnes sobre mynded righteous holy temperat
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.
and suche as cleveth vnto the true worde of doctryne that he maye be able to exhorte with wholsom learnynge and to improve them that saye agaynst it.
10 For there are many unruly vain talkers and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision;
For ther are many disobedient and talkers of vanite and disceavers of myndes namely they of the circumcisio
11 whose mouths must be stopped, since they overturn whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of base gain.
whose mouthes must be stopped which pervert whole houses teachinge thinges which they ought not because of filthy lucre.
12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said: “The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slothful gluttons.”
One beynge of the selves which was a poyet of their awne sayde: The Cretayns are all wayes lyars evyll beastes and slowe belies.
13 This testimony is true; for which cause rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
This witnes is true wherfore rebuke them sharply that they maye be sounde in the fayth
14 not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
and not takynge hede to Iewes fables and commaudmentes of men that turne from the trueth.
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.
Vnto the pure are all thynges pure: but vnto them that are defiled and vnbelevynge is nothynge pure: but even the very myndes and consciences of them are defiled.
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 confesse that they knowe god: but with the dedes they denye hym and are abhominable and disobedient and vnto all good workes discommendable.
