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| 1Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ to further the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness-- | 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, |
| 2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time, | 2in the hope of eternal life that God, who cannot lie, promised before time began. |
| 3and which now at his appointed season he has brought to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior, | 3In his own time he has revealed his word in the preaching with which I was entrusted by the command of God our Savior: |
| 4To Titus, my true son in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. | 4To Titus, my true son in our common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. |
| 5The reason I left you in Crete was that you might put in order what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you. | 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. |
| 6An elder must be blameless, faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient. | 6An elder must be blameless: the husband of one wife, with faithful children who are not accused of wildness or rebellion. |
| 7Since an overseer manages God's household, he must be blameless--not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain. | 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, |
| 8Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined. | 8but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, righteous, holy, self-controlled, |
| 9He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it. | 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. |
| 10For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision group. | 10For there are many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from the circumcision party. |
| 11They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach--and that for the sake of dishonest gain. | 11It is necessary to silence them; they are ruining entire households by teaching what they shouldn't in order to get money dishonestly. |
| 12One of Crete's own prophets has said it: "Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons." | 12One of their very own prophets said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons." |
| 13This saying is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith | 13This testimony is true. For this reason, rebuke them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith |
| 14and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the merely human commands of those who reject the truth. | 14and may not pay attention to Jewish myths and the commands of people who reject the truth. |
| 15To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted. | 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. |
| 16They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good. | 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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