Titus 1
1 Paul a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for promoting the faith of God's chosen people, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness:
Paul, a servant of God, and an emissary of Yeshua the Messiah, according to the faith of God's chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
in hope of everlasting life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began; (aiōnios g166)
3 and hath in his own times manifested his word, by the preaching, with which I was intrusted according to the commandment of God our Saviour:
but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;
4 to Titus my son in the common faith, grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Messiah Yeshua our Savior.
5 For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest set in order what remained, and ordain elders in every city as I directed thee:
I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;
6 to wit, if any one be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of debauchery, or unruly.
if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.
7 For a bishop must be blameless as the steward of God, not self-willed, not passionate, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of sordid gain:
For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;
8 but hospitable, benevolent, sober, just, holy, temperate;
but given to hospitality, as a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined;
9 holding fast the faithful word, according as he hath been taught, that he may be able both to instruct in sound doctrine, and to convince gainsayers.
holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.
10 For there are many disorderly persons, vain-talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision; whose mouths must be stopped:
For there are many rebellious people, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
11 who subvert whole families, teaching what they ought not, for shameful gain:
whose mouths must be silenced; who are upsetting whole families, teaching things which they should not, for the sake of dishonest gain.
12 as said one of themselves, a prophet of their own, "The Cretans are always liars, mischievous beasts, sluggish gluttons."
One of them, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons."
13 This testimony is true: for which cause rebuke them sharply, that they may be found in the faith;
This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
14 not attending to Jewish fables, and the precepts of men who turn away from the truth.
not paying attention to Jewish myths and commandments of people who reject the truth.
15 To the pure indeed all things are pure; but to the polluted and unbelieving nothing is pure; even their mind and conscience is polluted.
To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
16 They profess to know God, but in works deny Him, being abominable and disobedient, and to every thing that is good void of understanding.
They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
