Titus:1:5-16
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For this cause I left thee behind in Crete ,
that thou shouldst set in order the things that are wanting ,
and appoint elders in every city ,
as I directed thee ;
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if any one is without reproach ,
the husband of one wife ,
having believing children ,
that are not accused of dissoluteness ,
or unruly .
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For a bishop must be without reproach ,
as God
s steward ;
not self
willed ,
not soon angry ,
not given to wine ,
not a striker ,
not greedy of base gain ,
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but hospitable ,
a lover of what is good ,
discreet ,
just ,
holy ,
temperate ,
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holding fast the sure word according to what he was taught ,
that he may be able by sound teaching both to exhort ,
and to refute the gainsayers .
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For there are many unruly vain talkers and deceivers ,
especially they of the circumcision ;
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whose mouths must be stopped ,
since they overturn whole houses ,
teaching things which they ought not ,
for the sake of base gain .
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One of themselves ,
even a prophet of their own ,
said : "
The Cretans are always liars ,
evil beasts ,
slothful gluttons ."
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This testimony is true ;
for which cause rebuke them sharply ,
that they may be sound in the faith ,
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not giving heed to Jewish fables ,
and commandments of men who turn away from the truth .
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To the pure all things are pure ;
but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure ,
but both their mind and conscience are defiled .
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They profess that they know God ,
but by their works they deny him ,
being abominable and disobedient ,
and for every good work reprobate .
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