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Paul, 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 according to godliness;

in the hope of eternal life - which God, Who cannot lie, has promised since before the world began.

But he has revealed His word in due time through preaching, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior,

To Titus, my natural son according to the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.

For this reason I left you in Crete, so that you would continue to organize the things which remain, and would ordain elders in every city, as I directed you

(if any are blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children who are not accused of wastefulness or disobedient).

For an overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not willful, not angry, not given to wine, not a brawler, not greedy;

but hospitable, one who loves goodness, wise, righteous, holy, temperate,

holding fast the faithful word according to doctrine, so that he may also be able to encourage with sound doctrine and convince those who speak against it.

10 For there are many disobedient and empty talkers, and deceivers of minds (mainly those of the circumcision)

11 whose mouths must be stopped; who subvert whole houses, teaching things they ought not for the sake of dishonest gain.

12 One of them (one of their own Prophets) said, “The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

13 This witness is true! Therefore, rebuke them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith

14 and not holding onto Jewish fables and commandments of men which turn away from the Truth.

15 To the pure, are all things pure. But, to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. But even their minds and consciences are defiled.

16 They profess that they know God, but by works they deny Him and are abominable and disobedient and worthless as to every good work.