{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/titus/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T04:54:05.522Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Titus","bookSlug":"titus","chapter":1,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":3,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Paul, 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,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"but in his own seasons manifested his word in the message, wherewith I was intrusted according to the commandment of God our Saviour;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"to Titus, my true child after a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For the bishop must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"but given to hospitality, as lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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 the gainsayers."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"This testimony is true. For which cause reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate."}],"citation":{"inline":"Titus 1 (ASV)","markdown":"[Titus 1](https://primebible.com/asv/titus/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/titus/1 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}