| 1:1 | Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is according to godliness; | | 1:2 | In hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the world began; | | 1:3 | But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our Saviour; | | 1:4 | To Titus, [my] own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, [and] peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. | | 1:5 | For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: | | 1:6 | If any is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or rebellion. | | 1:7 | For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money; | | 1:8 | But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober minded, just, holy, temperate; | | 1:9 | Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convict [those who] contradict. | | 1:10 | For there are many rebellious and vain talkers and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision: | | 1:11 | Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain. | | 1:12 | One of themselves, [even] a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians [are] always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons. | | 1:13 | This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; | | 1:14 | Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth. | | 1:15 | To the pure all things [are] pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving [is] nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. | | 1:16 | They profess that they know God; but in works they deny [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and to every good work disqualified. |
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Titus 1 - Revised Webster Version
