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\par }\ChapOne{CHAPTER 1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Paul, the servant of God, and apostle of Jesus Christ, by the faith of the chosen of God, and by the knowing of the truth, which is after piety,


\par }{\PP \VS{2}into the hope of everlasting life, which
{\EM{life}} God that lieth not, promised before times of the world;


\par }{\PP \VS{3}but he hath showed in his times his word in preaching, that is betaken to me, by the commandment of God, our Saviour,


\par }{\PP \VS{4}to Titus, most dearworthy
{\ADD{[or beloved]}} son, by the common faith, grace and peace of God the Father, and of Christ Jesus, our Saviour.


\par }{\PP \VS{5}For cause of this thing I left thee at Crete, that thou amend those things that fail, and ordain priests by cities, as also I assigned to thee.


\par }{\PP \VS{6}If any man is without crime,
{\ADD{[or great sin]}}, an husband of one wife, and hath faithful sons, not in accusation of lechery, or not subject.


\par }{\PP \VS{7}For it behooveth a bishop to be without crime,
{\ADD{[as]}} a dispenser of God, not proud, not wrathful, not given to drunkenness, not
{\ADD{[a]}} smiter, not covetous of foul winning;


\par }{\PP \VS{8}but holding hospitality, benign, prudent, sober, just, holy, continent,


\par }{\PP \VS{9}taking
{\ADD{[or embracing]}} that true word, that is after doctrine; that he be mighty to admonish in wholesome teaching
{\ADD{[or doctrine]}}, and to reprove them that gainsay.


\par }{\PP \VS{10}For there be many unobedient, and vain speakers, and deceivers, most they that be of circumcision,


\par }{\PP \VS{11}which it behooveth to be reproved; which subvert all houses, teaching which things it behooveth not, for
{\ADD{[the]}} love of foul winning.


\par }{\PP \VS{12}And one of them, their proper prophet said, Men of Crete
{\EM{be}} ever more liars, evil beasts, of slow womb.


\par }{\PP \VS{13}This witnessing is true. For which cause blame them sore, that they be whole in faith,


\par }{\PP \VS{14}not giving attention to fables of Jews, and to commandments of men, that turn away them
{\ADD{[or turn them away]}} from truth.


\par }{\PP \VS{15}And all things be clean to clean men; but to unclean men and to unfaithful, nothing is clean, for the soul and conscience of them be made unclean.


\par }{\PP \VS{16}They acknowledge that they know God, but by deeds they deny
{\ADD{[him]}}; when they be abominable, and unbelieveful, and reprovable to all good work.




\par }\Chap{CHAPTER 2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But speak thou those things that beseem
{\ADD{[or that become]}} wholesome teaching;


\par }{\PP \VS{2}that old men be sober, chaste, prudent, whole in faith, in love, and patience;


\par }{\PP \VS{3}also old women in holy habit, not slanderers
{\ADD{[or backbiters]}}, not serving much to wine, well-teaching, that they teach prudence.


\par }{\PP \VS{4}{\EM{Admonish thou}} young women, that they love their husbands, that they love their children;


\par }{\PP \VS{5}and that they be prudent, chaste, sober, having care of the house, benign, subject to their husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.


\par }{\PP \VS{6}Also admonish young men, that they be sober.


\par }{\PP \VS{7}In all things give thyself ensample of good works, in teaching, in wholeness
{\ADD{[or in holiness of living]}},
{\EM{that is, in cleanness of soul and body}}, in firmness
{\ADD{[of virtues]}}.


\par }{\PP \VS{8}An wholesome word, and unreprovable; that he that is of the contrary side, be ashamed, having none evil thing to say of you.


\par }{\PP \VS{9}{\EM{Admonish thou}} servants to be subject to their lords; in all things pleasing, not gainsaying,


\par }{\PP \VS{10}not defrauding, but in all things showing good faith, that they honour in all things the doctrine of God, our Saviour.


\par }{\PP \VS{11}For the grace of God, our Saviour, hath appeared to all men,


\par }{\PP \VS{12}and taught us, that we forsake wickedness
{\ADD{[or unpiety]}}, and worldly desires, and live soberly, and justly, and piously in this world,


\par }{\PP \VS{13}abiding the blessed hope and the coming of the glory of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ;


\par }{\PP \VS{14}that gave himself for us, to again-buy us from all wickedness, and make clean to himself a people acceptable, and pursuer of good works.


\par }{\PP \VS{15}Speak thou these things, and admonish thou, and reprove thou with all commandment; no man despise thee.




\par }\Chap{CHAPTER 3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Admonish them to be subjects
{\ADD{[or to be subject]}} to princes, and to powers; to obey to that that is said, and to be ready to all good work;


\par }{\PP \VS{2}to blaspheme no man, to be not full of chiding, but temperate
{\ADD{[or patient]}}, showing all mildness to all men.


\par }{\PP \VS{3}For we were sometime unwise, unbelieveful, erring, and serving to desires, and to diverse lusts, doing in malice and envy, worthy to be hated, hating each other.


\par }{\PP \VS{4}But when the benignity and the manhood
{\ADD{[or the humanity]}} of our Saviour God appeared,


\par }{\PP \VS{5}not of works of rightwiseness that we did, but by his mercy he made us safe, by
{\ADD{[the]}} washing,
{\ADD{[or baptism]}}, of again-begetting, and again-newing of the Holy Ghost,


\par }{\PP \VS{6}whom he shedded
{\ADD{[out]}} into us plenteously by Jesus Christ, our Saviour,


\par }{\PP \VS{7}that we justified by his grace, be heirs by hope of everlasting life.


\par }{\PP \VS{8}A true word is
{\ADD{[this]}}, and of these things I will that thou confirm others, that they that believe in God, be busy to be above
{\ADD{[or to be before]}} others in good works. These things be good, and profitable to men.


\par }{\PP \VS{9}And eschew thou foolish questions, and genealogies, and strivings
{\ADD{[or strives]}}, and fightings of the law; for those be unprofitable and vain.


\par }{\PP \VS{10}Eschew
{\ADD{[or Shun]}} thou a man heretic, after one and the second correction;


\par }{\PP \VS{11}witting that he that is such a manner
{\EM{man}} is subverted, and trespasseth, and is condemned by his own doom.


\par }{\PP \VS{12}When I send to thee Artemas, or Tychicus, hie thou
{\ADD{[or haste]}} to come to me to Nicopolis; for I have purposed to dwell in winter there.


\par }{\PP \VS{13}Busily before send
{\ADD{[or send before]}} Zenas, a wise man of law, and Apollos, that nothing fail to them.


\par }{\PP \VS{14}They that be of ours, learn to be governors
{\ADD{[or to be before]}} in good works, to necessary uses, that they be not without fruit.


\par }{\PP \VS{15}All men that be with me greet thee well. Greet thou well them, that love us in
{\ADD{[the]}} faith. The grace of God
{\EM{be}} with you all. Amen.


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