Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the elect of God and the acknowledging of the truth, which is according to godliness:
Unto the hope of life everlasting, which God, who lieth not, hath promised before the times of the world:
But hath in due times manifested his word in preaching, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior:
To Titus my beloved son, according to the common faith, grace and peace from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus our Savior.
For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and shouldest ordain priests in every city, as I also appointed thee:
If any be without crime, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly.
For a bishop must be without crime, as the steward of God: not proud, not subject to anger, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre:
But given to hospitality, gentle, sober, just, holy, continent:
Embracing that faithful word which is according to doctrine, that he may be able to exhort in sound doctrine, and to convince the gainsayers.
For there are also many disobedient, vain talkers, and seducers: especially they who are of the circumcision:
Who must be reproved, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
One of them a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slothful bellies.
This testimony is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men, who turn themselves away from the truth.
All things are clean to the clean: but to them that are defiled, and to unbelievers, nothing is clean: but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
They profess that they know God: but in their works they deny him; being abominable, and incredulous, and to every good work reprobate.
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Paul instructs Titus, left in Crete, to appoint elders in every town—men above reproach, faithful in marriage, with believing children, hospitable, self-controlled, sound in doctrine—because overseers must refute false teachers. Especially targeted are rebellious empty-talkers of the circumcision party who upset households for dishonest gain; Titus must silence them, rebuking sharply so Cretans may be sound in the faith instead of following Jewish myths and human commands. To the pure all things are pure, but defiled unbelievers profess God while denying Him by deeds, proving unfit for any good work.
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