1 P aul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

¶ 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 can’t lie, promised before time began;

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

3 b ut in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;

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 true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.

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 I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;

¶ 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 anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.

¶ 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 blameless, as God’s steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

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 given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled;

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

9 h olding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.

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 also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

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

11 w hose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.

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

12 O ne of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle 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 this cause, reprove them sharply, 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 paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.

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

15 T o the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is 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 that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

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