Titus:1
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Paul ,
bondman of God ,
and apostle of Jesus Christ according to [
the ]
faith of God '
s elect ,
and knowledge of [
the ]
truth which [
is ]
according to piety ;
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in [
the ]
hope of eternal life ,
which God ,
who cannot lie ,
promised before the ages of time ,
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but has manifested in its own due season his word ,
in [
the ]
proclamation with which I have been entrusted ,
according to [
the ]
commandment of our Saviour God ;
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to Titus ,
my own child according to [
the ]
faith common [
to us ]:
Grace and peace from God [
the ]
Father ,
and Christ Jesus our Saviour .
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For this cause I left thee in Crete ,
that thou mightest go on to set right what remained [
unordered ],
and establish elders in each city ,
as I had ordered thee :
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if any one be free from all charge [
against him ],
husband of one wife ,
having believing children not accused of excess or unruly .
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For the overseer must be free from all charge [
against him ]
as God '
s steward ;
not headstrong ,
not passionate ,
not disorderly through wine ,
not a striker ,
not seeking gain by base means ;
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but hospitable ,
a lover of goodness ,
discreet ,
just ,
pious ,
temperate ,
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clinging to the faithful word according to the doctrine taught ,
that he may be able both to encourage with sound teaching and refute gainsayers .
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For there are many and disorderly vain speakers and deceivers of people '
s minds ,
specially those of [
the ]
circumcision ,
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who must have their mouths stopped ,
who subvert whole houses ,
teaching things which ought not [
to be taught ]
for the sake of base gain .
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One of themselves ,
a prophet of their own ,
has said ,
Cretans are always liars ,
evil wild beasts ,
lazy gluttons .
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This testimony is true ;
for which cause rebuke them severely ,
that they may be sound in the faith ,
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not turning [
their ]
minds to Jewish fables and commandments of men turning away from the truth .
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All things [
are ]
pure to the pure ;
but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing [
is ]
pure ;
but both their mind and their conscience are defiled .
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They profess to know God ,
but in works deny [
him ],
being abominable ,
and disobedient ,
and found worthless as to every good work .