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Titus 1 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | Paul, 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, | Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, | Paul, 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— | |
| 2 | in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began. | in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began | in the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time, | |
| 3 | In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior. | and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior; | and which now at his appointed season he has brought to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior, | |
| 4 | To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. | To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. | To Titus, my true son in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. | |
| 5 | The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you. | This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you— | The 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. | |
| 6 | An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination. | if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. | An 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. | |
| 7 | As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money. | For an overseer, as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, | Since 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. | |
| 8 | Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. | but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. | Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined. | |
| 9 | He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it. | He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it. | He 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. | |
| 10 | For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision, | For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party. | For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision group. | |
| 11 | who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not. | They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach. | They 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. | |
| 12 | As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” | One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” | One of Crete’s own prophets has said it: “Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.” | |
| 13 | This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith | This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, | This saying is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith | |
| 14 | and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth. | not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth. | and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the merely human commands of those who reject the truth. | |
| 15 | To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled. | To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled. | To 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. | |
| 16 | They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed. | They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work. | They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good. | |
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