Titus-1

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  • 1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness,
  • 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began
  • 3 and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior;
  • 4 To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
  • 5 This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you—
  • 6 if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination.
  • 7 For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,
  • 8 but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
  • 9 He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.
  • 10 For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party.
  • 11 They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.
  • 12 One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."
  • 13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
  • 14 not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.
  • 15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
  • 16 They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.
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