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1 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:
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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 Unto the hope of life everlasting, which God, who lieth not, hath promised before the times of the world:
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in the hope of eternal life that God, who never lies, promised before the ages began—
3 But hath in due times manifested his word in preaching, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our Saviour:
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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 beloved son according to the common faith, grace and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Saviour.
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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 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:
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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 If any be without crime, the husband of one wife. having faithful children, not accused of riot or unruly.
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someone who is blameless, married only once, whose children are believers, not accused of debauchery and not rebellious.
7 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:
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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 But given to hospitality, gentle, sober, just, holy, continent:
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but he must be hospitable, a lover of goodness, prudent, upright, devout, and self-controlled.
9 Embracing that faithful word which is according to doctrine, that he may be able to exhort in sound doctrine and to convince the gainsayers.
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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 also many disobedient, vain talkers and seducers: especially they who are of the circumcision.
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There are also many rebellious people, idle talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision;
11 Who must be reproved, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.
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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 them a prophet of their own, said: The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slothful bellies.
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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 testimony is true. Wherefore, rebuke them sharply, that they may 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 Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn themselves away from the truth.
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not paying attention to Jewish myths or to commandments of those who reject the truth.
15 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.
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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 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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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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