hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the world began; And he hath in his own times manifested his word, through the preaching wherewith I am entrusted, according to the commandment of God our Saviour: To Titus, my own son after the common faith, grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest set in order the things which are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I