Greeting
1 Paul, a servant[a] of God and (A)an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and (B)their knowledge of the truth, (C)which accords with godliness, 2 (D)in hope of eternal life, which God, (E)who never lies, (F)promised (G)before the ages began[b] 3 and (H)at the proper time manifested in his word (I)through the preaching (J)with which I have been entrusted (K)by the command of God our Saviour;
4 To Titus, (L)my true child in (M)a common faith:
(N)Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.
Qualifications for Elders
5 (O)This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and (P)appoint elders in every town as I directed you— 6 (Q)if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife,[c] and his children are believers and not open to the charge of (R)debauchery or insubordination. 7 For an overseer,[d] (S)as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not (T)be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent (U)or greedy for gain, 8 but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, (V)and disciplined. 9 He must (W)hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in (X)sound[e] doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.
10 For there are many who are insubordinate, (Y)empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of (Z)the circumcision party. 11 They must be silenced, since (AA)they are upsetting whole families by teaching (AB)for shameful gain what they ought not to teach. 12 (AC)One of the Cretans,[f] a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”[g] 13 This testimony is true. Therefore (AD)rebuke them (AE)sharply, that they (AF)may be sound in the faith, 14 (AG)not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and (AH)the commands of people (AI)who turn away from the truth. 15 (AJ)To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and (AK)unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both (AL)their minds and their consciences are defiled. 16 (AM)They profess to know God, but they (AN)deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, (AO)unfit for any good work.
Footnotes
- Titus 1:1 Or slave; Greek bondservant
- Titus 1:2 Greek before times eternal
- Titus 1:6 Or a man of one woman
- Titus 1:7 Or bishop; Greek episkopos
- Titus 1:9 Or healthy; also verse 13
- Titus 1:12 Greek One of them
- Titus 1:12 Probably from Epimenides of Crete
Cross references
- Titus 1:1 : See 2 Cor. 1:1
- Titus 1:1 : See 1 Tim. 2:4
- Titus 1:1 : 1 Tim. 6:3
- Titus 1:2 : 2 Tim. 1:1; Heb. 9:15; [ch. 2:13; 3:7]
- Titus 1:2 : Num. 23:19; 2 Tim. 2:13; Heb. 6:18
- Titus 1:2 : Rom. 1:2
- Titus 1:2 : See 2 Tim. 1:9
- Titus 1:3 : See 1 Tim. 2:6
- Titus 1:3 : [Rom. 10:14]
- Titus 1:3 : See 1 Tim. 1:11
- Titus 1:3 : 1 Tim. 1:1
- Titus 1:4 : See 3 John 4
- Titus 1:4 : Jude 3; See 2 Pet. 1:1
- Titus 1:4 : See 1 Tim. 1:2
- Titus 1:5 : [1 Tim. 1:3]
- Titus 1:5 : [Acts 14:23; 2 Tim. 2:2]
- Titus 1:6 : For ver. 6-8, see 1 Tim. 3:2-4
- Titus 1:6 : See Eph. 5:18
- Titus 1:7 : Luke 12:42; 1 Cor. 4:1; 1 Pet. 4:10
- Titus 1:7 : 2 Pet. 2:10
- Titus 1:7 : 1 Tim. 3:8; 1 Pet. 5:2
- Titus 1:8 : [1 Cor. 9:25]
- Titus 1:9 : [2 Thess. 2:13, 15]; See 1 Tim. 1:15; 2 Tim. 1:13
- Titus 1:9 : See 1 Tim. 1:10
- Titus 1:10 : 1 Tim. 1:6
- Titus 1:10 : See Acts 11:2
- Titus 1:11 : [2 Tim. 3:6]
- Titus 1:11 : 1 Tim. 6:5; 2 Pet. 2:3
- Titus 1:12 : [Acts 17:28]
- Titus 1:13 : ch. 2:15; 1 Tim. 5:20
- Titus 1:13 : 2 Cor. 13:10
- Titus 1:13 : ch. 2:1, 2
- Titus 1:14 : See 1 Tim. 1:4
- Titus 1:14 : See Col. 2:22
- Titus 1:14 : See 1 Tim. 6:20
- Titus 1:15 : [Luke 11:41; 1 Tim. 4:3]; See Acts 10:15
- Titus 1:15 : [Rom. 14:23]
- Titus 1:15 : See 1 Tim. 6:5
- Titus 1:16 : [1 John 2:4]
- Titus 1:16 : See 1 Tim. 5:8
- Titus 1:16 : 2 Tim. 3:8