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1:1  Paul, slave of God, and apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness;
1:2  for the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the times of the ages
1:3  and has manifested in due times. It is his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
1:4  to Titus, true son in the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus, the Christ, our Saviour.
1:5  For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou should correct that which is lacking and set in place elders in every city, as I had commanded thee:
1:6  He who is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children who can not be accused of dissoluteness, nor insubordinate.
1:7  For the bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God; not arrogant, not quick to anger, not given to wine, not hurtful, not greedy of dishonest gain,
1:8  but a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, temperate, just, holy, gentle,
1:9  holding fast the doctrine according to the faithful word, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
1:10  For there are many insubordinate and vain talkers and deceivers of souls, especially those of the circumcision,
1:11  whose mouths it is expedient to stop, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain.
1:12  One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies.
1:13  This witness is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
1:14  not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
1:15  For unto the pure all things are pure, but unto those that are defiled and unfaithful, nothing is pure, but even their soul and conscience is defiled.
1:16  They profess that they know God, but in works they deny him, being abominable and rebellious and reprobate unto every good work.