Titus 1

1 Paul, a bondservant of God and an Apostle of Jesus Christ for building up the faith of God's own people and spreading a full knowledge of the truths of religion,

Paul, a servant of God, and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, (according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledgment of the truth, which is according to godliness;

2 in hope of the Life of the Ages which God, who is never false to His word, promised before the commencement of the Ages. (aiōnios g166)

in hope of eternal life, which God, who can not lie, promised before the times of the ages-- (aiōnios g166)

3 And at the appointed time He clearly made known His Message in the preaching with which I was entrusted by the command of God our Saviour:

who has now manifested his word, at the proper season, by the proclamation with which I am intrusted, according to the appointment of God our Saviour; )

4 To Titus my own true child in our common faith. May grace and peace be granted to you from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

to Titus, my genuine son, according to the common faith: Favor, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, our Saviour.

5 I have left you behind in Crete in order that you may set right the things which still require attention, and appoint Elders in every town, as I directed you to do;

For this purpose, I left you in Crete, that you might set in order the things left unfinished, and to ordain seniors in every city, as I commanded you.

6 wherever there is a man of blameless life, true to his one wife, having children who are themselves believers and are free from every reproach of profligacy or of stubborn self-will.

If any one be without blame, the husband of one wife, having believing children, not accused of riotous living, nor unruly.

7 For, as God's steward, a minister must be of blameless life, not over-fond of having his own way, not a man of a passionate temper nor a hard drinker, not given to blows nor greedy of gain,

For a bishop should be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not prone to anger, not given to wine, not a striker, not one who makes gain by base methods;

8 but hospitable to strangers, a lover of goodness, sober-minded, upright, saintly, self-controlled;

but hospitable; a lover of good men, prudent, just, holy, temperate;

9 holding fast to the faithful Message which he has received, so that he may be well qualified both to encourage others with sound teaching and to reply successfully to opponents.

holding fast the true doctrine, as he has been taught; that he may be able, by wholesome teaching, both to exhort and to confute the gain-sayers.

10 For there are many that spurn authority--idle, talkative and deceitful persons, who, for the most part, are adherents of the Circumcision.

For there are many unruly and foolish talked and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

11 You must stop the mouths of such men, for they overthrow the faith of whole families, teaching what they ought not, just for the sake of making money.

whose mouths must be stopped; who subvert whole families, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of sordid gain.

12 One of their own number--a Prophet who is a countryman of theirs--has said, "Cretans are always liars, dangerous animals, idle gluttons."

One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said, "The Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy bodies."

13 This testimony is true. Therefore sternly denounce them, that they may be robust in their faith,

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

14 and not give attention to Jewish legends and the maxims of men who turn their backs on the truth.

not giving heed to Jewish fables, and precepts of men who pervert the truth.

15 To the pure everything is pure; but to the polluted and unbelieving nothing is pure, but on the contrary their very minds and consciences are polluted.

To the pure, all meats are pure; but to the polluted and unbelieving, nothing is pure; for both their understanding and conscience are polluted.

16 They profess to know God; but in their actions they disown Him, and are detestable and disobedient men, and for any good work are utterly useless.

They profess to know God; but by works they deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and to every good work reprobate.