Titus 1

1^*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; ^2||In ^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.