Titus 1–3

Paul, ^aa servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of ^aaGod’s elect, and ^bthe acknowledging of the truth ^cwhich is after ^dgodliness, ²in ^ehope of eternal life, which God, ^fthat cannot lie, ^gpromised ^hbefore the world began; ³but hath ⁱin due times ^kmanifested his word ^lthrough preaching, ^mwhich is committed unto me ⁿaccording to the commandment of ^oGod our Saviour; ⁴to ^pTitus, mine ^qown son after ^rthe common faith: ^qGrace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

^5sFor this cause left I thee in ^tCrete, that ^uthou shouldest set in order the things that are ^vwanting, and ^wordain ^xelders in every city, as I had ^yappointed thee: ^6zif any be ^ablameless, the husband of one wife, ^bhaving faithful children not accused of ^criot or ^dunruly. ⁷For ^ea bishop must be ^ablameless, as ^fthe steward of God; not ^gselfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; ⁸but a lover of hospitality, ^ha lover of good men, ⁱsober, just, holy, temperate; ^9kholding fast ^lthe faithful word ^mas he hath been taught, ⁿthat he may be able by ^osound doctrine both to exhort and to ^pconvince the gainsayers. ¹⁰For there are many ^dunruly and ^qvain talkers and ^rdeceivers, specially ^sthey of the circumcision: ¹¹whose mouths must be stopped, ^twho subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, ^ufor filthy lucre’s sake. ^12vOne of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The ^wCretians are alway liars, evil beasts, ^xslow bellies. ¹³This witness is true. Wherefore ^yrebuke them ^zsharply, that they ^amay be sound in the faith; ^14bnot giving heed ^cto Jewish fables, and ^cccommandments of men, that turn from ^dthe truth. ^15eUnto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and ^funbelieving is nothing pure; but even their ^gmind and conscience is defiled. ¹⁶They profess that they ^hknow God; but ⁱin works they ^jdeny him, being abominable, and ^kdisobedient, and ^lunto every good work reprobate.

II.But speak thou the things which become ^asound doctrine: ²that ^bthe aged men be ^csober, ^dgrave, ^etemperate, ^afsound in ^gfaith, in ^gcharity, in ^gpatience. ^3hThe aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not ⁱfalse accusers, ^knot given to much wine, teachers of good things; ⁴that they may teach the young women to be ^lsober, to love their husbands, to love their children, ⁵to be ^lediscreet, chaste, ^mkeepers at home, good, ⁿobedient to their own husbands, that ^othe word of God be not blasphemed. ^6ooYoung men likewise exhort ^lpto be sober minded. ^7qIn all things shewing thyself ^ra pattern of good works: in ^sdoctrine shewing uncorruptness, ^dgravity, ^tsincerity, ^8usound speech that cannot be condemned; ^vthat he that is of the contrary part ^wmay be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you. ⁹Exhort ^xservants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; ¹⁰not ^ypurloining, but shewing all good fidelity; ^zthat they may adorn ^athe doctrine of ^bGod our Saviour in all things. ¹¹For ^cthe grace of God that ^dbringeth salvation ^ehath appeared ^fto all men, ¹²teaching us that ^gdenying ungodliness and ^hworldly lusts we should live ⁱsoberly, righteously, and godly, in ^kthis present world; ^13llooking for that blessed ^mhope, and ⁿthe glorious ⁿⁿappearing of ^othe great ^ooGod and our Saviour Jesus Christ; ^14pwho gave himself for us, ^qthat he might redeem us from all iniquity, and ^rpurify unto himself ^sa peculiar people, ^tzealous of good works. ¹⁵These things speak, and ^uexhort, and ^xrebuke with all authority. ^yLet no man despise thee.

III.^aPut them in mind ^bto be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready ^cto every good work, ^2dto speak evil of no man, to be ^eno brawlers, but ^fgentle, shewing all ^gmeekness unto all men. ³For ^hwe ourselves also were ⁱsometimes ^kfoolish, ^ldisobedient, ^mdeceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in ^nomalice and ⁿenvy, hateful, and hating one another. ⁴But after that ^pthe kindness and love of ^qGod our Saviour toward man ^rappeared, ^5snot by works of righteousness which we have done, but ^taccording to his mercy he saved us, by ^uvthe washing of ^wregeneration, and ^xrenewing of ^vthe Holy Ghost; ⁶which he ^yshed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; ⁷that ^zbeing justified by his grace, ^awe should be made heirs ^baccording ^cto the hope of eternal life. ^8dThis is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou ^eaffirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful ^fto maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men. ⁹But ^gavoid foolish ^hquestions, and ^hgenealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for ⁱthey are unprofitable and vain. ¹⁰A man that is a ^kheretick, ^lafter the first and second admonition, ^mnreject; ¹¹knowing that he that is such ⁱis subverted, and sinneth, ^obeing condemned of himself.

¹²When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or ^pTychicus, ^qbe diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: ^rfor I have determined there to winter. ^13sBring Zenas ^tthe lawyer and ^uApollos on their journey ^vdiligently, that nothing ^wbe wanting unto them. ¹⁴And let ours also learn ^fto maintain good works ^xfor necessary uses, that they be ^ynot unfruitful. ¹⁵All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. ^zGrace be with you all. Amen.

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