Titus 1

¹Paul, 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:

²Unto the hope of life everlasting, which God, who lieth not, hath promised before the times of the world:

³But hath in due times manifested his word in preaching, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our Saviour:

⁴To Titus, my beloved son according to the common faith, grace and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Saviour.

⁵For 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:

⁶If any be without crime, the husband of one wife. having faithful children, not accused of riot or unruly.

⁷For a bishop must be without crime, as the steward of God: not proud, not subject to anger, nor given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre:

⁸But given to hospitality, gentle, sober, just, holy, continent:

⁹Embracing that faithful word which is according to doctrine, that he may be able to exhort in sound doctrine and to convince the gainsayers.

¹⁰For there are also many disobedient, vain talkers and seducers: especially they who are of the circumcision.

¹¹Who must be reproved, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

¹²One of them a prophet of their own, said: The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slothful bellies.

¹³This testimony is true. Wherefore, rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith:

¹⁴Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn themselves away from the truth.

¹⁵All 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.

¹⁶They profess that they know God: but in their works they deny him: being abominable and incredulous and to every good work reprobate.

Titus 1

¹Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;

²In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

³But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

⁴To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

⁵For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:

⁶If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

⁷For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

⁸But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

⁹Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

¹⁰For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:

¹¹Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.

¹²One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

¹³This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

¹⁴Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

¹⁵Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

¹⁶They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.