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1 Paul, a bondservant of God and an Apostle of Jesus Christ for building up the faith of God's own people and spreading a full knowledge of the truths of religion,
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1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God's elect and the knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness--
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2 in hope of the Life of the Ages which God, who is never false to His word, promised before the commencement of the Ages.
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2 a faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time,
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3 And at the appointed time He clearly made known His Message in the preaching with which I was entrusted by the command of God our Saviour:
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3 and at his appointed season he brought his word to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior,
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4 To Titus my own true child in our common faith. May grace and peace be granted to you from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.
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4 To Titus, my true son in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
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5 I have left you behind in Crete in order that you may set right the things which still require attention, and appoint Elders in every town, as I directed you to do;
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5 The reason I left you in Crete was that you might straighten out what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
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6 wherever there is a man of blameless life, true to his one wife, having children who are themselves believers and are free from every reproach of profligacy or of stubborn self-will.
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6 An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.
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7 For, as God's steward, a minister must be of blameless life, not over-fond of having his own way, not a man of a passionate temper nor a hard drinker, not given to blows nor greedy of gain,
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7 Since an overseer is entrusted with God's work, he must be blameless--not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.
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8 but hospitable to strangers, a lover of goodness, sober-minded, upright, saintly, self-controlled;
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8 Rather he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined.
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9 holding fast to the faithful Message which he has received, so that he may be well qualified both to encourage others with sound teaching and to reply successfully to opponents.
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9 He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.
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10 For there are many that spurn authority--idle, talkative and deceitful persons, who, for the most part, are adherents of the Circumcision.
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10 For there are many rebellious people, mere talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision group.
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11 You must stop the mouths of such men, for they overthrow the faith of whole families, teaching what they ought not, just for the sake of making money.
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11 They must be silenced, because they are ruining whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach--and that for the sake of dishonest gain.
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12 One of their own number--a Prophet who is a countryman of theirs--has said, "Cretans are always liars, dangerous animals, idle gluttons."
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12 Even one of their own prophets has said, "Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons."
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13 This testimony is true. Therefore sternly denounce them, that they may be robust in their faith,
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13 This testimony is true. Therefore, rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith
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14 and not give attention to Jewish legends and the maxims of men who turn their backs on the truth.
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14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of those who reject the truth.
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15 To the pure everything is pure; but to the polluted and unbelieving nothing is pure, but on the contrary their very minds and consciences are polluted.
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15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted.
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16 They profess to know God; but in their actions they disown Him, and are detestable and disobedient men, and for any good work are utterly useless.
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16 They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.
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