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Titus Chapter 1 What kind of men he is to ordain priests. Some men are to be sharply rebuked. 1:1. Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the elect of God and the acknowledging of the truth, which is according to godliness: 1:2. Unto the hope of life everlasting, which God, who lieth not, hath promised before the times of the world: 1:3. But hath in due times manifested his word in preaching, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our Saviour: 1:4.
To Titus, my beloved son according to the common faith, grace and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Saviour. 1:5. For this cause I left thee in Crete: that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting and shouldest ordain priests in every city, as I also appointed thee: 1:6. If any be without crime, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot or unruly. 1:7.
For a bishop must be without crime, as the steward of God: not proud, not subject to anger, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre: 1:8. But given to hospitality, gentle, sober, just, holy, continent: 1:9. Embracing that faithful word which is according to doctrine, that he may be able to exhort in sound doctrine and to convince the gainsayers. 1:10. For there are also many disobedient, vain talkers and seducers: especially they who are of the circumcision. 1:11.
Who must be reproved, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake. 1:12. One of them a prophet of their own, said: The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slothful bellies. 1:13. This testimony is true. Wherefore, rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith: 1:14. Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn themselves away from the truth. 1:15.
All things are clean to the clean: but to them that are defiled and to unbelievers, nothing is clean: but both their mind and their conscience are defiled. 1:16. They profess that they know God: but in their works they deny him: being abominable and incredulous and to every good work reprobate.