Titus 1
1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the choice ones of God, and an acknowledging of truth that [is] according to piety,
Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the faith of God's elect and a real knowledge of the Truth that accords with godliness,
2 upon hope of life age-during, which God, who doth not lie, did promise before times of ages, (aiōnios g166)
in hope of eternal life—which life God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time (aiōnios g166)
3 (and He manifested in proper times His word, ) in preaching, which I was entrusted with, according to a charge of God our Saviour,
but has manifested by a proclamation of His Word at chosen times, which word was entrusted to me by the command of our Savior God;
4 to Titus — true child according to a common faith: Grace, kindness, peace, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour!
to Titus, a true son in a common faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from Father God and Sovereign Jesus Christ, our Savior.
5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that the things lacking thou mayest arrange, and mayest set down in every city elders, as I did appoint to thee;
I left you in Crete for this reason, that you should set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every town as I directed you
6 if any one is blameless, of one wife a husband, having children stedfast, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate —
—if a man is blameless, a one-woman man, having children who believe and who are not open to the charge of being wild or disobedient.
7 for it behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God's steward, not self-pleased, nor irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre;
Because as an administrator under God the overseer must be blameless; not self-willed, not hotheaded, not given to wine, not a bully, not avaricious;
8 but a lover of strangers, a lover of good men, sober-minded, righteous, kind, self-controlled,
but rather hospitable, a lover of what is good, prudent, just, holy, disciplined;
9 holding — according to the teaching — to the stedfast word, that he may be able also to exhort in the sound teaching, and the gainsayers to convict;
holding fast the trustworthy Word as taught, so that he may be competent both to exhort with the sound doctrine and to correct those who oppose it.
10 for there are many both insubordinate, vain-talkers, and mind-deceivers — especially they of the circumcision —
Because there really are lots of rebels, loudmouths and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision group,
11 whose mouth it behoveth to stop, who whole households do overturn, teaching what things it behoveth not, for filthy lucre's sake.
who must be silenced—they are ruining whole households, teaching things that they ought not, and for dishonest gain!
12 A certain one of them, a prophet of their own, said — 'Cretans! always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies!'
One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
13 this testimony is true; for which cause convict them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
This testimony is true. Therefore correct them rigorously, that they may be sound in the faith,
14 not giving heed to Jewish fables and commands of men, turning themselves away from the truth;
not paying attention to Jewish fables or to commands of men who are rejecting the truth.
15 all things, indeed, [are] pure to the pure, and to the defiled and unstedfast [is] nothing pure, but of them defiled [are] even the mind and the conscience;
To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; in fact, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
16 God they profess to know, and in the works they deny [Him], being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work disapproved.
They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him, being detestable, disobedient and disqualified for any good work.
