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Titus 1

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1 From Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I'm sent to bring about the faith of God's chosen people and a knowledge of the truth that agrees with godliness.

2 Their faith and this knowledge are based on the hope of eternal life that God, who doesn't lie, promised before time began.

3 God revealed his message at the appropriate time through preaching, and I was trusted with preaching this message 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 The reason I left you behind in Crete was to organize whatever needs to be done and to appoint elders in each city, as I told you.

6 Elders should be without fault. They should be faithful to their spouse, and have faithful children who can't be accused of self-indulgence or rebelliousness.

7 This is because supervisors should be without fault as God's managers: they shouldn't be stubborn, irritable, addicted to alcohol, a bully, or greedy.

8 Instead, they should show hospitality, love what is good, and be reasonable, ethical, godly, and self-controlled.

9 They must pay attention to the reliable message as it has been taught to them so that they can encourage people with healthy instruction and refute those who speak against it.

10 In fact, there are many who are rebellious people, loudmouths, and deceivers, especially some of those who are Jewish believers.

11 They must be silenced because they upset entire households. They teach what they shouldn't to make money dishonestly.

12 Someone who is one of their own prophets said, "People from Crete are always liars, wild animals, and lazy gluttons."

13 This statement is true. Because of this, correct them firmly, so that they can be healthy in their faith.

14 They shouldn't pay attention to Jewish myths and commands from people who reject the truth.

15 Everything is clean to those who are clean, but nothing is clean to those who are corrupt and without faith. Instead, their mind and conscience are corrupted.

16 They claim to know God, but they deny God by the things that they do. They are detestable, disobedient, and disqualified to do anything good.

Revised Standard Version RSV

1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to further 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 ages ago

3 and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by 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, that you might amend what was defective, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you,

6 if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of being profligate or insubordinate.

7 For a bishop, as God's steward, must be blameless; he must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,

8 but hospitable, a lover of goodness, master of himself, upright, holy, and self-controlled;

9 he must hold firm to the sure word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to confute those who contradict it.

10 For there are many insubordinate men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially the circumcision party;

11 they must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for base gain what they have no right to teach.

12 One of themselves, 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 instead of giving heed to Jewish myths or to commands of men who reject the truth.

15 To the pure all things are pure, but to the corrupt and unbelieving nothing is pure; their very minds and consciences are corrupted.

16 They profess to know God, but they deny him by their deeds; they are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good deed.