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Titus 1

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¹ Paul, ⓔ a servant of God ⓕ and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for [1] the faith of God’s elect ⓖ and their knowledge of the truth ⓗ that leads [2] to godliness, ⓘ

² in the hope of eternal life ⓙ that God, who cannot lie, ⓚ promised before time began. ⓛ

³ In his own time he has revealed ⓜ his word ⓝ in the preaching with which I was entrusted ⓐ by the command ⓑ of God our Savior: ⓒ

⁴ To Titus, ⓓ my true son ⓔ in our common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. ⓕ

⁵ The reason I left you in Crete ⓖ was to set right what was left undone and, as I directed you, to appoint elders ⓗ in every town.

⁶ An elder ⓘ must be blameless: ⓙ the husband of one wife, with faithful [3] children who are not accused of wildness or rebellion.

⁷ As an overseer ⓚ of God’s household, he must be blameless: not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not an excessive drinker, not a bully, not greedy for money,

⁸ but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, righteous, holy, self-controlled,

⁹ holding to the faithful message as taught, ⓛ so that he will be able both to encourage with sound teaching ⓜ and to refute those who contradict it.

¹⁰ For there are many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from the circumcision party.

¹¹ It is necessary to silence them; they are ruining entire households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.

¹² One of their very own prophets said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

¹³ This testimony is true. ⓝ For this reason, rebuke them sharply, ⓐ so that they may be sound in the faith

¹⁴ and may not pay attention to Jewish myths ⓑ and the commands of people who reject the truth. ⓒ

¹⁵ To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience ⓓ are defiled.

¹⁶ They claim to know God, ⓔ but they deny him by their works. ⓕ They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work. ⓖ

#	CSB
1	Paul, ⓔ a servant of God ⓕ and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for [1] the faith of God’s elect ⓖ and their knowledge of the truth ⓗ that leads [2] to godliness, ⓘ
2	in the hope of eternal life ⓙ that God, who cannot lie, ⓚ promised before time began. ⓛ
3	In his own time he has revealed ⓜ his word ⓝ in the preaching with which I was entrusted ⓐ by the command ⓑ of God our Savior: ⓒ
4	To Titus, ⓓ my true son ⓔ in our common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. ⓕ
5	The reason I left you in Crete ⓖ was to set right what was left undone and, as I directed you, to appoint elders ⓗ in every town.
6	An elder ⓘ must be blameless: ⓙ the husband of one wife, with faithful [3] children who are not accused of wildness or rebellion.
7	As an overseer ⓚ of God’s household, he must be blameless: not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not an excessive drinker, not a bully, not greedy for money,
8	but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, righteous, holy, self-controlled,
9	holding to the faithful message as taught, ⓛ so that he will be able both to encourage with sound teaching ⓜ and to refute those who contradict it.
10	For there are many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from the circumcision party.
11	It is necessary to silence them; they are ruining entire households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.
12	One of their very own prophets said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
13	This testimony is true. ⓝ For this reason, rebuke them sharply, ⓐ so that they may be sound in the faith
14	and may not pay attention to Jewish myths ⓑ and the commands of people who reject the truth. ⓒ
15	To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience ⓓ are defiled.
16	They claim to know God, ⓔ but they deny him by their works. ⓕ They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work. ⓖ

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^{Titus 1:1 [1]} Some early manuscripts do not have in Ephesus.

^{Titus 1:4 [2]} Or sight in love. 5 He

^{Titus 1:5 [3]} The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture.

^{Titus 1:8 [4]} Or us with all wisdom and understanding. 9 And he

^{Titus 1:11 [5]} Or were made heirs

^{Titus 1:17 [6]} Or a spirit

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