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Titus 1
Paul’s Greeting to Titus
(2 Corinthians 8:16-24)
1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ in service of the faith of God’s elect and of their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,2 in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.3 In His own time, He has revealed His message in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.4 To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Appointing Elders on Crete
5 The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
6 An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife(a), having children who are believers and are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.7 As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.8 Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.9 He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it was taught, so that by sound teaching he will be able to encourage others and refute those who contradict this message.
Correcting False Teachers
10 For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,11 who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.12 As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.&rdquo(a);13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.15 To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.16 They profess to know God, but they deny Him by their actions. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible
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