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 seruaunt of God, and an Apostle of Iesus Christ, according to the faith of Gods elect, and the acknowledging of the trueth, which is according vnto godlines,

2 upon hope of life age-during, which God, who doth not lie, did promise before times of ages, (aiōnios g166)

Vnto the hope of eternall life, which God that cannot lie, hath promised before the world began: (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 hath made his worde manifest in due time through the preaching, which is committed vnto me, according to the commandement of God our Sauiour:

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 my naturall sonne according to the common faith, Grace, mercie and peace from God the Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ our Sauiour.

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;

For this cause left I thee in Creta, that thou shouldest continue to redresse the thinges that remaine, and shouldest ordeine Elders in euery citie, as I appointed thee,

6 if any one is blameless, of one wife a husband, having children stedfast, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate —

If any be vnreproueable, the husband of one wife, hauing faithfull children, which are not slandered of riot, neither are 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;

For a Bishop must bee vnreproueable, as Gods steward, not froward, not angrie, not giuen to wine, no striker, not giuen to filthie lucre,

8 but a lover of strangers, a lover of good men, sober-minded, righteous, kind, self-controlled,

But harberous, one that loueth goodnesse, wise, righteous, holy, temperate,

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 that faithfull worde according to doctrine, that he also may bee able to exhort with wholesome doctrine, and conuince them that say against it.

10 for there are many both insubordinate, vain-talkers, and mind-deceivers — especially they of the circumcision —

For there are many disobedient and vaine talkers and deceiuers of mindes, chiefly they of the Circumcision,

11 whose mouth it behoveth to stop, who whole households do overturn, teaching what things it behoveth not, for filthy lucre's sake.

Whose mouthes must bee stopped, which subuert whole houses, teaching things, which they ought not, for filthie lucres sake.

12 A certain one of them, a prophet of their own, said — 'Cretans! always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies!'

One of themselues, euen one of their owne prophets said, The Cretians are alwaies liars, euill beastes, slowe bellies.

13 this testimony is true; for which cause convict them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

This witnesse is true: wherefore conuince them sharply, that they may be sound in ye faith,

14 not giving heed to Jewish fables and commands of men, turning themselves away from the truth;

And not taking heede to Iewish fables and commandements of men, that turne away from the trueth.

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;

Vnto the pure are all things pure, but vnto them that are defiled, and vnbeleeuing, is nothing pure, but euen their mindes and 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 professe that they know God, but by works they deny him, and are abominable and disobedient, and vnto euery good worke reprobate.