Titus 1

1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of God's chosen people and the knowledge of the truth that agrees with 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 with the certain hope of everlasting life that God, who does not lie, promised before all the ages of time. (aiōnios g166)

in [the] hope of life eternal, which promised who cannot lie God before time eternal. (aiōnios g166)

3 At the right time, he revealed his word by the message that he trusted me to deliver. I was to do this by the command 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, a true son in our 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 For this purpose I left you in Crete, that you might set in order things not yet complete and ordain 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 An elder must be without blame, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who do not have the reputation of being reckless or undisciplined.

if anyone is blameless, of one wife [the] husband, children having believing, not under accusation of debauchery or insubordinate.

7 It is necessary for the overseer, as God's household manager, to be blameless. He must not be arrogant, not be easily angered, not addicted to wine, not a brawler, and not a greedy man.

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 Instead, he should be hospitable and a friend of what is good. He must be sensible, righteous, godly, and self-controlled.

but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, [and] disciplined,

9 He should hold tightly to the trustworthy message that was taught, so that he may be able to encourage others with good teaching and correct those who oppose 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 It is necessary to stop them. They are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful profit what they should not teach.

whom it is necessary to silence; who whole households overthrow teaching things that [they] not ought of shameful gain because.

12 One of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

Said one of them own of them a prophet; Cretans [are] always liars, evil beasts, gluttons lazy.

13 This statement is true. Therefore, correct them severely, so 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 any attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of people who turn away from the truth.

not giving heed to Jewish myths and to [the] commandments of men turning away from the truth.

15 To those who are pure, all things are pure. But to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their minds and their consciences have been corrupted.

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 to know God, but they deny him by their actions. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for doing 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.