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¹ Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the faith of the elect of God and full knowledge of the truth according to godliness,

² on hope of eternal life which the God who does not lie promised before eternal times,

³ but revealed in its own times in a proclamation of His Word, with which I was entrusted by the command of our Savior God;

⁴ to Titus, a true child according to our common faith: Grace, mercy, peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.

⁵ For this cause I left you in Crete, that you might set in order the things lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I prescribed to you:

⁶ If anyone is blameless, husband of one wife, having faithful children, not in accusation of unsavedness, or disobedient,

⁷ (It is right for the overseer to be blameless as a steward of God) not self-pleasing, not prone to anger, not given to wine, not a quarreler, not greedy of ill gain;

⁸ but hospitable, a lover of good, selfcontrolled, just, holy, sensible,

⁹ clinging to the faithful Word according to the teaching, that he may be able both to encourage by sound doctrine and to convict the ones contradicting.

¹⁰ For there are indeed many insubordinate men, empty talkers and mind-deluders, especially the ones of the circumcision,

¹¹ whose mouth you must stop, who overturn whole houses, teaching things which they ought not for the sake of ill gain.

¹² One of them, a prophet of their own, said: Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.

¹³ This testimony is true; for which cause convict them severely, that they may be sound in the faith,

¹⁴ not listening to Jewish myths and commandments of men, having turned away from the truth.

¹⁵ Truly, all things are pure to the pure, but to the ones being defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but even their mind and conscience has been defiled.

¹⁶ They profess to know God, but by their works they deny Him, being abominable and disobedient, and to every good work disapproved.

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¹ But you speak things which become sound doctrine:

² aged men to be temperate, honorable, sensible, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

³ aged women likewise in reverent behavior, not slanderers, not having been enslaved by much wine, teachers of good,

⁴ that they might train the young women to be lovers of husbands, lovers of children,

⁵ sensible, chaste, home-keepers, good, subject to their own husbands, so that the Word of God may not be blasphemed,

⁶ the younger men in the same way exhort to be sensible;

⁷ holding forth yourself as a pattern of good works about all things in doctrine, in purity, dignity, incorruption,

⁸ sound speech, without condemnation, that the hostile ones may he shamed, having nothing bad to say about you.

⁹ Let slaves be subject to their own masters, well-pleasing in all things, not contradicting,

¹⁰ not embezzling, but showing all good faith, that they may adorn the doctrine of our Savior God in every thing.

¹¹ For the saving grace of God has appeared to all men,

¹² instructing us that having denied ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live prudently and righteously and godly in the now age,

¹³ looking for the blessed hope and appearance of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

¹⁴ who gave Himself on our behalf, "that He might redeem us from all lawlessness" "and purify" "for Himself a people for Himself for possession," zealous of good works. Psa 130:8; Eze 37:23; Deut 14:2

¹⁵ Speak these things and exhort and convict with all authority. Let no one despise you.

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¹ Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready in every good work,

² to speak evil of no one, not quarrelsome, but gentle, having displayed all meekness to all men.

³ For we also once were senseless, disobedient, being led astray, slaving for various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

⁴ But when the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared,

⁵ not out of works in righteousness which we had done, but according to His mercy, He saved us through the bathing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

⁶ whom He poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ, our Savior;

⁷ that being justified by the grace of that One, we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

⁸ Faithful is the Word, and concerning these things I purpose you to strongly affirm that the ones believing God should take thought to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.

⁹ But keep back from foolish questionings and genealogies and arguments and quarrels of law, for they are unprofitable and vain.

¹⁰ Reject a heretical man after a first and second admonition,

¹¹ knowing that such a one has been perverted and sins, being self-condemned.

¹² When I shall send Artemas to you or Tychicus, hasten to come to me at Nicopolis. For I have decided to winter there.

¹³ Diligently set forward Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, that nothing be lacking to them.

¹⁴ And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be without fruit.

¹⁵ All the ones with me greet you. Greet the ones who love us in the faith. Grace be wiih you all. Amen.