Rotherham - Titus - 1

1:1  Paul, a servant of God—an apostle moreover of Jesus Christ,—according to the faith of the chosen ones of God, and the personal knowledge of the truth that is according to godliness,—

1:2  In hope of life age-abiding; which God, who cannot lie, promised before age-during times,

1:3  but hath manifested in its fitting seasons, even his word, in the proclamation with which entrusted am I—by injunction of our Saviour God:

1:4  Unto Titus, my true child according to a common faith,—favour and peace, from God [our] Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

1:5  For this cause left I thee in Crete, that, the things remaining undone, thou mightest completely set in order, and mightest establish, in every city, elders, as, I, with thee arranged:—

1:6  If anyone is unaccusable, a husband of, one wife, having children that believe, who are not charged with riotous excess, nor insubordinate;

1:7  For it is needful that the overseer be—unaccusable, as God’s steward, not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, not ready to wound, not seeking gain by base means,

1:8  But hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober-minded, just, kind, possessing self-control,

1:9  Holding fast, in the matter of his teaching, the faithful word, that he may be able both to encourage with his healthful instruction, and, the gainsayers, to refute.

1:10  For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision,—

1:11  Whose mouths must needs be stopped, men who are upsetting whole houses, teaching the things which ought not [to be taught] —for the sake of base gain.

1:12  Said one from among them, a prophet, of their own!—Cretans! always false, mischievous wild-beasts, idle gluttons:

1:13  This witness, is true,—for which cause, be reproving them sharply, that they may be healthy in their faith,

1:14  Not giving heed to Judaical stories and commandments of men who are turning away from the truth:

1:15  All things, are pure, unto the pure, but, unto the polluted and faithless, nothing, is pure, but polluted are both their mind and conscience;

1:16  God, they confess that they know, but, by their works, they deny him, being, abominable, and obdurate, and, as to any good work, found, worthless.