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Titus ---» Chapter 2»
Titus 1 : 1 - 16
Chapter 1
1 | Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect and the acknowledgment of the truth which accords with godliness, |
2 | in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began, |
3 | but has in due time manifested His word through preaching, which was committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior; |
4 | To Titus, a true son in our common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior. |
5 | For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded you-- |
6 | if a man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or insubordination. |
7 | For a bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, |
8 | but hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled, |
9 | holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict. |
10 | For there are many insubordinate, both idle talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, |
11 | whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain. |
12 | One of them, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons." |
13 | This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, |
14 | not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth. |
15 | To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled. |
16 | They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work. |