Verse
KJV
King James Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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
after
godliness ;
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 ,
In hope of eternal life, which God, that
cannot lie, promised before the
world
began ;
in the
hope of eternal life, which God, who
cannot lie, promised before time
began .
But
hath
in due
times
manifested
his word through
preaching,
which
is
committed
unto
me
according
to the commandment
of God our Saviour;
In His own
time
He
has
made
His
word evident
in
the
proclamation
entrusted
to me
by
the command
of God our Savior.
To Titus, mine
own
son
after
the
common faith: Grace ,
mercy,
and peace ,
from God the Father and the
Lord
Jesus
Christ our Saviour
.
To Titus, my
true
child
in
our
common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus
our Savior
.
For
this
cause
left
I 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:
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.
If
any
be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful
children not accused
of riot
or unruly
.
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
.
For
a
bishop
must
be
blameless,
as the
steward of
God;
not selfwilled
, not soon
angry
, not given to wine
, no
striker
, not given
to
filthy
lucre;
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.
But
a
lover
of
hospitality
, a lover of good men
, sober
, just
, holy, temperate;
Instead
, he
must
be
hospitable,
a lover of good, self-controlled
, upright
, holy, and
disciplined.
Holding
fast
the faithful word as he
hath
been
taught, that he may
be
able
by sound doctrine
both
to
exhort
and to
convince
the
gainsayers
.
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
.
For there
are
many unruly
and vain
talkers
and deceivers
, specially
they
of the circumcision :
For many are
rebellious
and full
of
empty
talk
and deception
, especially
those
of the circumcision ,
Whose
mouths
must be stopped,
who
subvert
whole
houses
, teaching
things which
they ought
not ,
for
filthy
lucre's
sake
.
who
must be silenced.
For
the
sake
of
dishonorable
gain
, they
undermine
entire
households
and
teach
things they should
not.
One of themselves,
even
a
prophet
of
their own ,
said, The
Cretians
are alway
liars, evil beasts, slow
bellies
.
As
one of their own prophets
has
said, “Cretans
are always
liars, evil beasts, lazy
gluttons
. ”
This witness
is true. Wherefore
rebuke them sharply
, that they may
be sound in the faith ;
This testimony
is true. Therefore
rebuke them sternly
, so
that they will
be sound in the faith
Not
giving
heed
to Jewish fables,
and
commandments
of men ,
that
turn
from
the truth.
and
will
pay
no
attention
to Jewish myths
or
to
the
commands
of men who
have
rejected
the truth.
Unto
the pure all things are pure :
but unto
them
that
are
defiled and unbelieving is
nothing pure ;
but
even
their mind
and conscience
is
defiled.
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.
They profess that
they
know God ;
but in
works
they deny him ,
being
abominable
, and
disobedient, and unto
every
good work
reprobate
.
They profess to
know God ,
but by
their
actions
they deny Him .
They
are
detestable
, disobedient, and unfit
for
any
good deed
.
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