New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures — With References (Rbi8, en_US, 1984)

Titus

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To Titus, 1

1 Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the faith of God’s chosen ones and the accurate knowledge of the truth which accords with godly devotion

2 upon the basis of a hope of the everlasting life which God, who cannot lie, promised before times long lasting,*1

  1. Or, “promised long ago.”

3 whereas in his own due times he made his word manifest in the preaching*1 with which I was entrusted, under command of our Savior, God;*2

  1. Or, “manifest in the public announcement.”

  2. Lit., “of the Savior of us, God.” Gr., tou so·teʹros he·monʹ The·ouʹ; Lat., Sal·va·toʹris noʹstri Deʹi; J17,​22(Heb.), ha·ʼElo·himʹ Moh·shi·ʽeʹnu.

4 to Titus, a genuine child according to a faith shared in common: May there be undeserved kindness and peace from God [the] Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

5 For this reason I left you in Crete, that you might correct the things that were defective and might make appointments of older men*1 in city after city, as I gave you orders;

  1. Or, “appoint elders.”

6 if there is any man free from accusation, a husband of one wife, having believing children that were not under a charge of debauchery nor unruly.

7 For an overseer*1 must be free from accusation as God’s steward,*2 not self-willed, not prone to wrath, not a drunken brawler, not a smiter, not greedy of dishonest gain,

  1. “Overseer.” Gr., e·piʹsko·pon; J17(Heb.), pheqidhʹ.

  2. Or, “house manager.” Lit., “house administrator.” Gr., oi·ko·noʹmon; Lat., di·spen·sa·toʹrem; J17(Heb.), keso·khenʹ, “as steward.”

8 but hospitable,*1 a lover of goodness, sound in mind, righteous, loyal, self-controlled,

  1. Or, “a lover of strangers.”

9 holding firmly to the faithful word as respects his [art of] teaching, that he may be able both to exhort by the teaching that is healthful and to reprove those who contradict.

10 For there are many unruly men,*1 profitless talkers, and deceivers of the mind, especially those men who adhere to the circumcision.

  1. “Unruly men.” Lit., “not self-subjecting (ones).”

11 It is necessary to shut the mouths of these, as these very men keep on subverting entire households by teaching things they ought not for the sake of dishonest gain.

12 A certain one of them, their own prophet,*1 said: “Creʹtans are always liars, injurious wild beasts, unemployed gluttons.”*2

  1. Epimenides, a Cretan poet of the sixth cent. B.C.E.

  2. “Unemployed gluttons.” Lit., “ineffective bellies.”

13 This witness is true. For this very cause keep on reproving them with severity, that they may be healthy in the faith,

14 paying no attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn themselves away from the truth.

15 All things are clean to clean [persons]. But to [persons] defiled and faithless nothing is clean, but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

16 They publicly declare they know God, but they disown him by their works, because they are detestable and disobedient and not approved for good work of any sort.

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