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The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 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,
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Paul, a servant of God, and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, in agreement with the faith of the saints of God and the full knowledge of what is true in harmony with religion,
2 in the hope of eternal life that God, who never lies, promised before the ages began—
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In the hope of eternal life, which was made certain before eternal time, by the word of God who is ever true;
3 in due time he revealed his word through the proclamation with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior,
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Who, in his time, made clear his word in the good news, of which, by the order of God our Saviour, I became a preacher;
4 To Titus, my loyal child in the faith we share: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
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To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.
5 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:
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I did not take you with me when I went away from Crete, so that you might do what was necessary to put things in order there, placing men in authority over the churches in every town, as I said to you;
6 someone who is blameless, married only once, whose children are believers, not accused of debauchery and not rebellious.
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Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled.
7 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;
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For it is necessary for a Bishop to be a man of virtue, as God's servant; not pushing himself forward, not quickly moved to wrath or blows, not desiring profit for himself;
8 but he must be hospitable, a lover of goodness, prudent, upright, devout, and self-controlled.
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But opening his house freely to guests; a lover of what is good, serious-minded, upright, holy, self-controlled;
9 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.
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Keeping to the true word of the teaching, so that he may be able to give comfort by right teaching and overcome the arguments of the doubters.
10 There are also many rebellious people, idle talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision;
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For there are men who are not ruled by law; foolish talkers, false teachers, specially those of the circumcision,
11 they must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for sordid gain what it is not right to teach.
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By whom some families have been completely overturned; who take money for teaching things which are not right; these will have to be stopped.
12 It was one of them, their very own prophet, who said, "Cretans are always liars, vicious brutes, lazy gluttons."
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One of their prophets has said, The men of Crete are ever false, evil beasts, lovers of food, hating work.
13 That testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply, so that they may become sound in the faith,
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This witness is true. So say sharp words to them so that they may come to the right faith,
14 not paying attention to Jewish myths or to commandments of those who reject the truth.
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Giving no attention to the fictions of the Jews and the rules of men who have no true knowledge.
15 To the pure all things are pure, but to the corrupt and unbelieving nothing is pure. Their very minds and consciences are corrupted.
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To the clean in heart all things are clean: but to those who are unclean and without faith nothing is clean; they become unclean in mind and in thought.
16 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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They say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work.
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