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1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness,
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Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the elect of God and the acknowledging of the truth, which is according to godliness:
2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began
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Unto the hope of life everlasting, which God, who lieth not, hath promised before the times of the world:
3 and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior;
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But hath in due times manifested his word in preaching, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our Saviour:
4 To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
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To Titus, my beloved son according to the common faith, grace and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Saviour.
5 This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you--
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For this cause I left thee in Crete: that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting and shouldest ordain priests in every city, as I also appointed thee:
6 if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination.
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If any be without crime, the husband of one wife. having faithful children, not accused of riot or unruly.
7 For an overseer,as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,
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For a bishop must be without crime, as the steward of God: not proud, not subject to anger, nor given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre:
8 but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
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But given to hospitality, gentle, sober, just, holy, continent:
9 He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.
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Embracing that faithful word which is according to doctrine, that he may be able to exhort in sound doctrine and to convince the gainsayers.
10 For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party.
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For there are also many disobedient, vain talkers and seducers: especially they who are of the circumcision.
11 They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.
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Who must be reproved, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.
12 One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."
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One of them a prophet of their own, said: The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slothful bellies.
13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
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This testimony is true. Wherefore, rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith:
14 not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.
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Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn themselves away from the truth.
15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
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All things are clean to the clean: but to them that are defiled and to unbelievers, nothing is clean: but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
16 They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.
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They profess that they know God: but in their works they deny him: being abominable and incredulous and to every good work reprobate.
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