Titus 1 - 2
Greetings and Grace
1Paul, aa slave of God and an bapostle of Jesus Christ, 1for the faith of God’s celect and dthe full knowledge of the truth which is eaccording to godliness, 2in athe hope of eternal life, which the God bwho cannot lie cpromised 1,dfrom all eternity, 3but aat the proper time manifested His word in bpreaching, cwith which I was entrusted daccording to the commandment of eGod our Savior,
4To aTitus, bmy genuine child according to our ccommon faith: dGrace and peace from God the Father and eChrist Jesus our Savior.
Qualifications of Elders
5For this reason I left you in aCrete, that you would set in order what remains and bappoint celders in every city as I directed you, 6namely, aif any man is beyond reproach, the bhusband of one wife, having faithful children, who are not accused of cdissipation, or drebellious. 7For the 1,aoverseer must be beyond reproach as bGod’s steward, not cself-willed, not quick-tempered, not daddicted to wine, not pugnacious, enot fond of dishonest gain, 8but ahospitable, bloving what is good, sensible, righteous, holy, self-controlled, 9aholding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in bsound doctrine and to reprove those who contradict.
10aFor there are many brebellious men, cempty talkers and deceivers, especially dthose of the circumcision, 11who must be silenced because they are upsetting awhole families, teaching bthings they should not teach cfor the sake of dishonest gain. 12One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, “aCretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” 13This testimony is true. For this reason areprove them bseverely so that they may be csound in the faith, 14not paying attention to Jewish amyths and bcommandments of men who cturn away from the truth. 15aTo the pure, all things are pure, but bto those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their cmind and their conscience are defiled. 16aThey profess to know God, but by their works they bdeny Him, being cdetestable and ddisobedient and eunfit ffor any good work.
Instructions for the Older and Younger
2But as for you, speak the things which are proper for asound doctrine. 2aOlder men are to be btemperate, dignified, sensible, csound din faith, in love, in 1perseverance.
3Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, anot malicious gossips nor benslaved to much wine, teaching what is good, 4so that they may instruct the young women in sensibility: to love their husbands, to love their children, 5to be sensible, pure, aworkers at home, kind, being bsubject to their own husbands, cso that the word of God will not be slandered.
6Likewise urge athe younger men to be 1sensible; 7in all things show yourself to be aa model of good works, with 1purity in doctrine, dignified, 8sound in word which is irreproachable, so athat the opponent will be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us.
9Urge aslaves to be subject to their own masters in everything, to be pleasing, not contradicting, 10not pilfering, but demonstrating all good faith so that they will adorn the doctrine of aGod our Savior in everything.
11For the grace of God has aappeared, 1,bbringing salvation to all men, 121instructing us that, denying ungodliness and aworldly desires, we should blive sensibly, righteously, and godly cin the present age, 13looking for the blessed hope and the aappearing of the glory of 1,bour great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14who agave Himself for us bthat He might redeem us from all lawlessness, and cpurify for Himself a dpeople for His own possession, ezealous for good works.