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Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ (according to the faith of God's elect, in the acknowledging of the truth which is according to godliness |
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on hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the eternal times, |
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but revealed His Word in its own times in a proclamation, with which I was entrusted by the command of God our Savior,) |
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to Titus, a true child according to our common faith. Grace mercy and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior. |
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For this cause I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed you, |
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if anyone is blameless, husband of one wife, having believing children, not accused of loose behavior, or disobedient. |
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For an overseer must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not full of passion, not given to wine, not quarrelsome, not greedy for ill gain; |
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but hospitable, a lover of good, discreet, just, holy, temperate, |
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holding fast the faithful Word according to the doctrine, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and to convict the gainsayers. |
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For there are indeed many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, |
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whose mouth you must stop, who subvert whole houses, teaching things not right for the sake of ill gain. |
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One of them, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons. |
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This witness is true; for which cause convict them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith, |
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not giving heed to Jewish myths and commandments of men, turning away from the truth. |
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To the pure all things are pure. But to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure, but even their mind and conscience is defiled. |
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They profess that they know God, but in their works they deny Him, being abominable and disobedient and reprobate to every good work. |
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