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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 that leads to godliness—
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Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and the knowledge of the truth that is in accordance with godliness,
2 in the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time,
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in the hope of eternal life that God, who never lies, promised before the ages began—
3 and which now at his appointed season he has brought to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior,
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in due time he revealed his word through the proclamation with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior,
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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To Titus, my loyal child in the faith we share: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
5 The reason I left you in Crete was that you might put in order what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
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I left you behind in Crete for this reason, so that you should put in order what remained to be done, and should appoint elders in every town, as I directed you:
6 An elder must be blameless, faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.
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someone who is blameless, married only once, whose children are believers, not accused of debauchery and not rebellious.
7 Since an overseer manages God’s household, he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.
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For a bishop, as God's steward, must be blameless; he must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or addicted to wine or violent or greedy for gain;
8 Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined.
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but he must be hospitable, a lover of goodness, prudent, upright, devout, and self-controlled.
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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He must have a firm grasp of the word that is trustworthy in accordance with the teaching, so that he may be able both to preach with sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict it.
10 For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision group.
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There are also many rebellious people, idle talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision;
11 They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach—and that for the sake of dishonest gain.
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they must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for sordid gain what it is not right to teach.
12 One of Crete’s own prophets has said it: “Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.”
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It was one of them, their very own prophet, who said, "Cretans are always liars, vicious brutes, lazy gluttons."
13 This saying is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith
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That testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply, so that they may become sound in the faith,
14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the merely human commands of those who reject the truth.
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not paying attention to Jewish myths or to commandments of those who reject the truth.
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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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 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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They profess to know God, but they deny him by their actions. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.
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