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{\MT Titus



\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the chosen ones of God, and an acknowledging of truth that [is] according to piety,

\VS{2}on hope of continuous life, which God, who does not lie, promised before times of ages

\VS{3}(and He revealed His word in [His] own times), in preaching, which I was entrusted with, according to a charge of God our Savior,

\VS{4}to Titus—true child according to a common faith: Grace,
{\BD{[[}}kindness,{\BD{]]}} peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior!

\VS{5}For this cause I left you in Crete, that you may arrange the things lacking, and may set elders down in every city, as I appointed to you,

\VS{6}if anyone is blameless, a husband of one wife, having believing children, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate—

\VS{7}for it is required of the overseer to be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleased, nor prone to anger, not given to wine, not an abuser, not given to shameful gain,

\VS{8}but a lover of strangers, a lover of [the] good, sober-minded, righteous, holy, self-controlled,

\VS{9}holding—according to the teaching—to the steadfast word, that he may also be able to exhort in the sound teaching, and to convict the deniers;

\VS{10}for there are many both insubordinate, vain-talkers, and mind-deceivers—especially those of the circumcision—

\VS{11}whose mouths must be covered, who overturn whole households, teaching what things it should not, for [the] sake of shameful gain.

\VS{12}A certain one of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans! Always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies!”

\VS{13}This testimony is true; for which cause convict them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

\VS{14}not giving heed to Jewish fables and commands of men, turning themselves away from the truth.

\VS{15}All things, indeed, [are] pure to the pure, and nothing [is] pure to the defiled and unsteadfast, but even the mind and the conscience of them [is] defiled.

\VS{16}They profess to know God, but they deny [Him] by their works, being abominable, and disobedient, and disapproved to every good work.




\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But you—speak what is suitable [according] to the sound teaching.

\VS{2}Elders [are] to be temperate, dignified, sober, sound in faith, in the love, in the endurance.

\VS{3}Aged women, in like manner, in behavior as becomes sacred persons, not false accusers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of good things,

\VS{4}that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of [their] husbands, lovers of [their] children,

\VS{5}sober, pure, keepers of [their own] houses, good, subject to their own husbands, that evil may not be spoken of the word of God.

\VS{6}The younger men, in like manner, exhort [them] to be sober-minded.

\VS{7}Concerning all things, present yourself [as] a pattern of good works—in the teaching [with] uncorruptedness, dignity,

\VS{8}sound discourse [that is] blameless, so that he who is of the contrary may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say concerning you.

\VS{9}Servants [are] to be subject to their own masters, to be well-pleasing in all things, not contradicting,

\VS{10}not stealing, but showing all good steadfastness, that the teaching of God our Savior they may adorn in all things.

\VS{11}For the saving grace of God has appeared to all men,

\VS{12}teaching us, that denying the impiety and the worldly desires, we may live soberly, and righteously, and piously in the present age,

\VS{13}waiting for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

\VS{14}who gave Himself for us, that He might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to Himself a special people, zealous of good works.

\VS{15}Speak these things, and exhort and convict with all authority; let no one despise you!




\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, to be ready to every good work,

\VS{2}to speak evil of no one, not to be quarrelsome—gentle, showing all meekness to all men,

\VS{3}for we, also, were once thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving manifold desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, odious—hating one another;

\VS{4}and when the kindness and the love to men of God our Savior appeared

\VS{5}(not by works that [are] in righteousness that we did but according to His kindness), He saved us, through a bathing of regeneration, and a renewing of the Holy Spirit,

\VS{6}which He poured on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior,

\VS{7}that having been declared righteous by His grace, we may become heirs according to the hope of continuous life.

\VS{8}The word [is] steadfast; and concerning these things I intend you to affirm fully, that they may be thoughtful, to be leading in good works—who have believed God; these are the good and profitable things to men,

\VS{9}but stand away from foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about law—for they are unprofitable and vain.

\VS{10}Reject a heretical man, after a first and second admonition,

\VS{11}having known that he has been subverted who [is] such, and sins, being self-condemned.

\VS{12}When I will send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me to Nicopolis, for I have determined to winter there.

\VS{13}Diligently send forth Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way, that nothing to them may be lacking,

\VS{14}and let them learn—ours also—to be leading in good works to the necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

\VS{15}All those with me greet you. Greet those cherishing us in faith. The grace [is] with you all!

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