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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness, |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2in the hope of eternal life that God, who cannot lie, promised before time began. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3In his own time he has revealed his word in the preaching with which I was entrusted by the command of God our Savior: |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4To Titus, my true son in our common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5The reason I left you in Crete was to set right what was left undone and, as I directed you, to appoint elders in every town. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6An elder must be blameless: the husband of one wife, with faithful children who are not accused of wildness or rebellion. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7As an overseer of God's household, he must be blameless: not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not an excessive drinker, not a bully, not greedy for money, |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, righteous, holy, self-controlled, |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9holding to the faithful message as taught, so that he will be able both to encourage with sound teaching and to refute those who contradict it. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10For there are many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from the circumcision party. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11It is necessary to silence them; they are ruining entire households by teaching what they shouldn't in order to get money dishonestly. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12One of their very own prophets said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons." |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13This testimony is true. For this reason, rebuke them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14and may not pay attention to Jewish myths and the commands of people who reject the truth. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience are defiled. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16They claim to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work. |
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