Paul's Letter to Titus (WEB)
Paul's Letter to Titus
1:1Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and
the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, 1:2in hope of eternal life, which God,
who can't lie, promised before eternal times; 1:3but in his own time revealed his word in the
message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God, our Savior; 1:4to
Titus, my true child according to a common faith:
Grace, mercy, and peace from God, the Father, and the Lord, Jesus Christ, our Savior.
1:5I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and
appoint elders in every city, as I directed you; 1:6if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife,
having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior. 1:7For 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; 1:8but given to hospitality, as a lover of good, sober-minded,
fair, holy, self-controlled; 1:9holding 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. 1:10For there
are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
1:11whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they
ought not, for dishonest gain's sake. 1:12One of them, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are
always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons." 1:13This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them
sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, 1:14not paying attention to Jewish fables and
commandments of men who turn away from the truth. 1:15To 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. 1:16They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being
abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.