Parallel Bible results for "titus 1"

Titus 1

Hebrew Names Version HNV

1 Sha'ul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Yeshua the Messiah, according to the faith of God's elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who can't lie, promised before eternal times;

3 but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the mitzvah of God, our Savior;

4 to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and shalom from God, the Father, and the Lord, Yeshua the Messiah, our Savior.

5 I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint Zakenim in every city, as I directed you;

6 if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.

7 For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

8 but given to hospitality, as a lover of good, sober-minded, fair, holy, self-controlled;

9 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 those who contradict him.

10 For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

11 whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain's sake.

12 One of them, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons."

13 This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

14 not paying attention to Yehudi fables and mitzvot of men who turn away from the truth.

15 To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

16 They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

The Message Bible MSG

1 I, Paul, am God's slave and Christ's agent for promoting the faith among God's chosen people, getting out the accurate word on God and how to respond rightly to it.

2 My aim is to raise hopes by pointing the way to life without end. This is the life God promised long ago - and he doesn't break promises!

3 And then when the time was ripe, he went public with his truth. I've been entrusted to proclaim this Message by order of our Savior, God himself.

4 Dear Titus, legitimate son in the faith: Receive everything God our Father and Jesus our Savior give you!

5 I left you in charge in Crete so you could complete what I left half-done. Appoint leaders in every town according to my instructions.

6 As you select them, ask, "Is this man well-thought-of? Are his children believers? Do they respect him and stay out of trouble?"

7 It's important that a church leader, responsible for the affairs in God's house, be looked up to - not pushy, not short-tempered, not a drunk, not a bully, not money-hungry.

8 He must welcome people, be helpful, wise, fair, reverent, have a good grip on himself,

9 and have a good grip on the Message, knowing how to use the truth to either spur people on in knowledge or stop them in their tracks if they oppose it.

10 For there are a lot of rebels out there, full of loose, confusing, and deceiving talk. Those who were brought up religious and ought to know better are the worst.

11 They've got to be shut up. They're disrupting entire families with their teaching, and all for the sake of a fast buck.

12 One of their own prophets said it best: The Cretans are liars from the womb, barking dogs, lazy bellies.

13 He certainly spoke the truth. Get on them right away. Stop that diseased talk of Jewish make-believe and made-up rules

14 so they can recover a robust faith.

15 Everything is clean to the clean-minded; nothing is clean to dirty-minded unbelievers. They leave their dirty fingerprints on every thought and act.

16 They say they know God, but their actions speak louder than their words. They're real creeps, disobedient good-for-nothings.