The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Titus 01
1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle
of Jesus Christ,† according to the faith of
God’s chosen ones and the knowledge of
the truth which is according to godliness,
2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who
can’t lie, promised before time began;
3 but in his own time revealed his word
in the message with which I was entrusted
according to the commandment of Godour
Savior,
4 to Titus, my true child according to a
common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace
from God the Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ our Savior.
5 I left you in Crete for this reason, that
you would setin order the things that were
lacking and appoint elders in every city, as
I directed you—
6 if anyone is blameless, the husband
of one wife, having children who believe,
who are not accused of loose or unruly
behavior.
7 For the overseer must be blameless, as
God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily
angered, not given to wine, not violent, not
greedy for dishonest gain;
8 but given to hospitality, a lover of good,
sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled,
9 holding to the faithful word which is
according to the teaching, that he may be
able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and
to convict those who contradict him.
10 For there are also many unruly men,
vain talkers and deceivers, especially
those of the circumcision,
11 whose mouths must be stopped: men
who overthrow whole houses, teaching
things which they ought not, for dishonest
gain’s sake.
12 One of them, a prophet of their own,
said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts,
and idle gluttons.”
13 This testimony is true. For this cause,
reprove them sharply, that they may be
sound in the faith,
14 not paying attention to Jewish fables
and commandments of men who turn
away from the truth.
15 To the pure, all things are pure, but
to those who are defiled and unbelieving,
nothing is pure; but both their mind and
their conscience are defiled.
16 They profess that they know God, but
by their deeds they deny him, being
abominable, disobedient, and unfit
for any good work.