1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to [the] faith of [the] chosen of God and [the] knowledge of [the] truth that [is] according to godliness, VP
2 upon [the] hope of eternal life, which God, who [is] without falsehood, promised before times eternal VP
3 and revealed [in] His own seasons in His word, in [the] proclamation with which I was entrusted according to [the] command of God our Savior. VP
4 To Titus, [my] genuine child according to a common faith: Grace and peace from God [the] Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. VP
5 For [the] sake of this I left you in Crete, that you might set in order the things lacking and might appoint elders in every city, as I directed you, VP
6 if anyone is blameless, [the] husband of one wife, having believing children, not under accusation of debauchery, or insubordinate. VP
7 For it is necessary for the overseer to be blameless, as God’s steward—not self-pleasing, not prone to anger, not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy for shameful gain, VP
8 but hospitable, a lover of good, sound-minded, righteous, holy, [and] self-controlled, VP
9 holding to the faithful word according to the teaching, that he may be able both to exhort in sound teaching and to convict those contradicting [it]. VP
10 For there are also many insubordinate [ones], empty talkers, and mind-deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, VP
11 whom it is necessary to silence, who overturn whole households, teaching things [that] it is necessary not [to teach], for [the] sake of shameful gain. VP
12 One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans [are] always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” VP
13 This testimony is true, through which cause you are to rebuke them severely, so that they may be sound in the faith, VP
14 not giving heed to Jewish myths and commandments of men turning away from the truth. VP
15 All things [are] pure to the pure; but to those being defiled and unbelieving, nothing [is] pure. But both their mind and conscience are defiled. VP
16 They profess to know God, but in works they deny [Him], being abominable and disobedient and unfit for any good work. VP