Worsley - Titus

Chapter 1

1:1  Paul a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for promoting the faith of God's chosen people, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness:

1:2  in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before all ages;

1:3  and hath in his own times manifested his word, by the preaching, with which I was intrusted according to the commandment of God our Saviour:

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

1:5  For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest set in order what remained, and ordain elders in every city as I directed thee:

1:6  to wit, if any one be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of debauchery, or unruly.

1:7  For a bishop must be blameless as the steward of God, not self-willed, not passionate, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of sordid gain:

1:8  but hospitable, benevolent, sober, just, holy, temperate;

1:9  holding fast the faithful word, according as he hath been taught, that he may be able both to instruct in sound doctrine, and to convince gainsayers.

1:10  For there are many disorderly persons, vain-talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision; whose mouths must be stopped:

1:11  who subvert whole families, teaching what they ought not, for shameful gain:

1:12  as said one of themselves, a prophet of their own, "The Cretans are always liars, mischievous beasts, sluggish gluttons."

1:13  This testimony is true: for which cause rebuke them sharply, that they may be found in the faith;

1:14  not attending to Jewish fables, and the precepts of men who turn away from the truth.

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

1:16  They profess to know God, but in works deny Him, being abominable and disobedient, and to every thing that is good void of understanding.

Chapter 2

2:1  But do thou speak the things which become sound doctrine:

2:2  that aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in the faith, in love, in patience:

2:3  the aged women likewise in behaviour as becometh saints, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

2:4  that they may instruct the young women to be temperate, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be prudent,

2:5  chaste, keepers at home, good, submissive to their husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.

2:6  Exhort the young men in like manner to be temperate:

2:7  in all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works, with uncorruptness in teaching, gravity, sound doctrine that cannot be condemned;

2:8  that he who opposeth it may be ashamed, having no evil to say of you.

2:9  Exhort servants to submit to their masters, to be obsequious in all things,

2:10  not answering frowardly, not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

2:11  For the grace of God, that bringeth salvation, hath appeared to all men;

2:12  teaching us that denying ungodliness, and worldly desires, we should live soberly, and righteously, and piously in this present world;

2:13  looking for the blessed hope, and glorious appearance of the great God, and our Saviour, Jesus Christ:

2:14  who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

2:15  These things speak, and exhort; and reprove offenders with all authority: that none may despise thee.

Chapter 3

3:1  Admonish them to be submissive to governors and magistrates, to obey their orders, and to be ready to every good work;

3:2  to slander no man, to avoid contention, to be gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

3:3  For we also were formerly foolish, disobedient, going astray, enslaved to various disorderly appetites and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

3:4  But when the kindness and love of God our Saviour towards man appeared,

3:5  not for works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his own mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the holy Spirit;

3:6  which He hath plentifully shed upon us, through Jesus Christ our Saviour:

3:7  that being justified by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

3:8  This is a word which ought to believed and observed, and concerning these things I would have thee stedfastly affirm, that they who have believed in God be careful to excel in good works: for these things are good and profitable to men.

3:9  But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and strifes and contentions about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain:

3:10  reject therefore such an heretical man, after the first and second admonition; knowing that such a one is perverted,

3:11  and sinneth as being self-condemned.

3:12  When I shall send Artemas to thee, or Tychicus, endeavour to come to me to Nicopolis: for there I have determined to winter.

3:13  Forward Zenas the lawyer, and Apollos, on their journey carefully, that nothing may be wanting to them.

3:14  And let our brethren-also learn to excel in good works for necessary exigencies, that they may not be unfruitful.

3:15  All that are with me salute thee. Salute them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.