1 P aul, bondman of God, and apostle of Jesus Christ according to faith of God's elect, and knowledge of truth which according to piety;

¶ 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;

2 i n hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time,

for the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the times of the ages

3 b ut has manifested in its own due season his word, in proclamation with which I have been entrusted, according to commandment of our Saviour God;

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;

4 t o Titus, my own child according to faith common: Grace and peace from God Father, and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

to Titus, true son in the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus, the Christ, our Saviour.

5 F or this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest go on to set right what remained, and establish elders in each city, as I had ordered thee:

¶ 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:

6 i f any one be free from all charge, husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly.

¶ He who is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children who can not be accused of dissoluteness, nor insubordinate.

7 F or the overseer must be free from all charge as God's steward; not headstrong, not passionate, not disorderly through wine, not a striker, not seeking gain by base means;

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,

8 b ut hospitable, a lover of goodness, discreet, just, pious, temperate,

but a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, temperate, just, holy, gentle,

9 c linging to the faithful word according to the doctrine taught, that he may be able both to encourage with sound teaching and refute gainsayers.

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.

10 F or there are many and disorderly vain speakers and deceivers of people's minds, specially those of circumcision,

For there are many insubordinate and vain talkers and deceivers of souls, especially those of the circumcision,

11 w ho must have their mouths stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which ought not for the sake of base gain.

whose mouths it is expedient to stop, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain.

12 O ne of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said, Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.

One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies.

13 T his testimony is true; for which cause rebuke them severely, that they may be sound in the faith,

This witness is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

14 n ot turning minds to Jewish fables and commandments of men turning away from the truth.

not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

15 A ll things pure to the pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

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.

16 T hey profess to know God, but in works deny, being abominable, and disobedient, and found worthless as to every good work.

They profess that they know God, but in works they deny him, being abominable and rebellious and reprobate unto every good work.