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1:1  Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect and the acknowledgment of the truth which accords with godliness,
1:2  in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began,
1:3  but has in due time manifested His word through preaching, which was committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior;
1:4  To Titus, a true son in our common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
1:5  For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded you—
1:6  if a man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or insubordination.
1:7  For a bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money,
1:8  but hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled,
1:9  holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict.
1:10  For there are many insubordinate, both idle talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
1:11  whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain.
1:12  One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
1:13  This testimony 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 who turn from the truth.
1:15  To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.
1:16  They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.