Anderson - Titus - 1

1:1  Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledgement of the truth, which is according to godliness;

1:2  in hope of eternal life, which God, who can not lie, promised be fore the times of the ages,

1:3  but he has in his own times manifested his word by preaching, which was committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior;

1:4  to Titus, my true son, according to the common faith: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.

1:5  I left you in Crete for this purpose, that you might set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I commanded you:

1:6  if any one is blameless, the husband of one wife, if he has faithful children that are not accused of riotous living, or disobedient.

1:7  For the bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not passionate, not fond of wine, not quarrelsome, not one who makes money by base means;

1:8  but hospitable, a lover of goodness, sober-minded, just, holy, temperate,

1:9  holding fast the sure word as it is taught, that he may be able, by sound teaching, both to exhort and to convince the opposers.

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

1:11  whose mouths must be stopped: these subvert whole houses by teaching, for the sake of base gain, things which they ought not to teach.

1:12  One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said: The Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.

1:13  This testimony is true; wherefore rebuke them severely, that they may be sound in the faith,

1:14  and not give heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men that turn away from the truth.

1:15  To the pure, all things are pure: but to the denied and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but their mind and their conscience are denied.

1:16  They profess that they know God, but in their works they deny him, being detestable and disobedient, and, as it respects every good work, rejected.