{"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/web/titus/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:39:20.396Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","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 chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"in hope of eternal life, which God, who can't lie, promised before time began;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"I 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;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For 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;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, 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 those who contradict him."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain's sake."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"One of them, a prophet of their own, said, |Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.|"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"not paying attention 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 those who 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, disobedient, and unfit for any good work."}],"citation":{"inline":"Titus 1 (WEB)","markdown":"[Titus 1](https://primebible.com/web/titus/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/titus/1 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}