{"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/wnt/titus/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T01:20:12.659Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WNT","book":"Titus","bookSlug":"titus","chapter":1,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":3,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Paul, a bondservant of God and an Apostle of Jesus Christ for building up the faith of God's own people and spreading a full knowledge of the truths of religion,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"in hope of the Life of the Ages which God, who is never false to His word, promised before the commencement of the Ages."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And at the appointed time He clearly made known His Message in the preaching with which I was entrusted by the command of God our Saviour:"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"To Titus my own true child in  our common faith. May grace and peace be granted to you from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"I have left you behind in Crete in order that you may set right the things which still require attention, and appoint Elders in every town, as I directed you to do;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"wherever there is a man of blameless life,  true to his one wife, having children who are themselves believers and are free from every reproach of profligacy or of stubborn self-will."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For, as God's steward,  a minister must be of blameless life, not over-fond of having his own way, not a man of a passionate temper nor a hard drinker, not given to blows nor greedy of gain,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"but hospitable to strangers, a lover  of goodness, sober-minded, upright, saintly, self-controlled;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"holding fast to the faithful Message  which he has received, so that he may be well qualified both to encourage others with sound teaching and to reply successfully to opponents."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For there are many that spurn authority--idle, talkative and deceitful persons, who, for the most part, are adherents of the Circumcision."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"You must stop the mouths of such men, for they overthrow the faith of whole families, teaching what they ought not, just for the sake of making money."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"One of their own number--a Prophet who is a countryman of theirs--has said, |Cretans are always liars, dangerous animals, idle gluttons.|"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"This testimony is true. Therefore sternly denounce them, that they may be robust in their faith,"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"and not give attention to Jewish legends and the  maxims of men who turn their backs on the truth."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"To the pure everything is pure; but to the polluted and unbelieving nothing is pure, but on the contrary their very minds and consciences are polluted."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"They profess to know God; but in their actions they disown Him, and are detestable and disobedient men, and for any good work are utterly useless."}],"citation":{"inline":"Titus 1 (WNT)","markdown":"[Titus 1](https://primebible.com/wnt/titus/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WNT. https://primebible.com/wnt/titus/1 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}