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Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for
the faith of God’s
elect and their
knowledge of the truth that
leads
to godliness,
Paul, a servant of God ,
and an apostle of Jesus Christ ,
according
to
the faith of God's
elect ,
and the
knowledge of the truth which
is
according
to godliness,
in the
hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time
began.
in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times
eternal;
In His own time
He
has
made
His word evident
in the proclamation
entrusted
to me
by
the command
of God our Savior.
but
in his own seasons
manifested
his word in the message,
wherewith
I
was
intrusted
according
to the commandment
of God our Saviour;
To Titus, my true child in
our
common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior
.
to Titus, my true child after
a
common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour
.
The
reason
I
left you
in Crete was
that you
would
set in order what
was
unfinished
and appoint elders in every town
, as I directed
you.
For
this
cause
left I
thee
in Crete ,
that thou
shouldest
set in order the
things
that
were
wanting,
and appoint elders in every city
, as I gave
thee
charge;
An
elder
must
be
blameless, the husband of but
one wife, having children who
are
believers
and
who are not open
to
accusation
of indiscretion
or insubordination
.
if
any
man
is
blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that
believe,
who are not accused
of riot
or unruly
.
As
God’s
steward,
an
overseer
must be above
reproach—
not self- absorbed
, not quick-tempered
, not
given
to
drunkenness
, not
violent
, not greedy for
money.
For
the
bishop
must be blameless,
as
God's
steward;
not self- willed
, not soon
angry
, no
brawler
, no
striker
, not greedy of
filthy
lucre;
Instead,
he
must
be
hospitable
, a
lover of good, self
- controlled
, upright
, holy, and
disciplined.
but
given
to
hospitality
, as
lover of good, sober
- minded
, just
, holy, self-controlled;
He
must
hold
firmly
to the faithful word as
it
was
taught
, so
that he can
encourage
others
by
sound teaching
and refute
those
who
contradict
it
.
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
the
gainsayers
.
For many
are rebellious
and
full
of
empty
talk
and deception
, especially
those
of the circumcision,
For there
are many
unruly
men,
vain
talkers
and deceivers
, specially
they
of the circumcision,
who
must be silenced.
For
the
sake
of
dishonorable
gain
, they
undermine
entire
households
and
teach
things they should
not.
whose
mouths
must be stopped;
men
who
overthrow
whole
houses
, teaching
things which
they ought
not ,
for
filthy
lucre's
sake
.
As
one of their own prophets
has
said, “
Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy
gluttons. ”
One of themselves,
a
prophet
of
their own ,
said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle
gluttons.
This testimony is true. Therefore
rebuke
them sternly
, so
that they will
be sound in the faith
This testimony is true. For
which
cause
reprove
them sharply
, that they may
be sound in the faith ,
and
will
pay
no
attention
to Jewish myths
or
to
the
commands
of men who have
rejected
the truth.
not
giving
heed
to Jewish fables,
and
commandments
of men who turn
away
from
the truth.
To the pure ,
all things are pure ;
but to the
defiled and unbelieving ,
nothing is pure .
Indeed,
both their minds
and their consciences
are defiled.
To the pure all things are pure :
but to them
that
are
defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure ;
but
both their mind
and their conscience
are defiled.
They profess to
know God ,
but by their actions
they deny Him .
They
are
detestable
, disobedient, and unfit
for
any
good deed
.
They profess that
they
know God ;
but by their works
they deny him, being
abominable,
and
disobedient, and unto
every
good work
reprobate
.
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