| Chapter
1 |
| 1 | Paul, a
servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's
elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; |
| 2 | In hope of eternal life, which
God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; |
| 3 | But hath in due times manifested his
word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment
of God our Saviour; |
| 4 | To
Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God
the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. |
|
5 | For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou
shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every
city, as I had appointed thee: |
| 6
| If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children
not accused of riot or unruly. |
| 7
| For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled,
not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; |
| 8 | But a lover of hospitality,
a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; |
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9 | Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been
taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince
the gainsayers. |
| 10 | For
there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the
circumcision: |
| 11 | Whose
mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they
ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. |
|
12 | One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The
Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. |
| 13 | This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke
them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; |
|
14 | Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and
commandments of men, that turn from the truth. |
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15 | Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them
that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and
conscience is defiled. |
| 16 |
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being
abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. |
