Read Titus 1

World English Bible · 16 verses

1. ¹ Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
2. ² in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
3. ³ but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
4. ⁴ to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
5. ⁵ I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you—This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
6. ⁶ if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
7. ⁷ For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
8. ⁸ but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
9. ⁹ holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
10. ¹⁰ For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
11. ¹¹ whose mouths must be stopped: men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
12. ¹² One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
13. ¹³ This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
14. ¹⁴ not paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
15. ¹⁵ To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
16. ¹⁶ They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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