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{I}1_{/}From Paul, 
servant of God, apostle 
of Christ Jesus, at the 
service of God's chosen 
people, so that they may 
believe and reach the 
knowledge of truth and 
godliness.
{I}2_{/}The eternal life 
we are waiting for was 
promised from the very 
beginning by God who 
never lies, {I}3_{/}and 
as the appointed time had 
come, he made it known 
through the message 
entrusted to me by a 
command of God, our 
Savior.
{I}4_{/}Greetings to you, 
Titus, my true son in the 
faith we share. May grace 
and peace be with you 
from God the Father and 
Christ Jesus our Lord.
ON THE ELDERS OF THE 
CHURCH{/}

{I}5_{/}I left you in 
Crete because I wanted 
you to put right what was 
defective and appoint 
elders in every town, 
following my 
instructions. 
{I}6_{/}They must be 
blameless, married only 
once, whose children are 
believers and not open to 
the charge of being 
immoral and rebellious. 
{I}7_{/}Since the 
overseer (or bishop) is 
the steward of God's 
house, he must be beyond 
reproach: not proud, hot-
headed, overfond of wine, 
quarrelsome or greedy for 
gain. 
{I}8_{/}On the contrary 
he must be hospitable, a 
lover of what is good, 
wise, upright, devout and 
self-controlled. 
{I}9_{/}He must hold to 
the message of faith just 
as it was taught, so 
that, in his turn, he may 
teach sound doctrine and 
refute those who oppose 
it.
{I}10_{/}You know that 
there are many rebellious 
minds, talkers of 
nonsense, deceivers, 
especially the party of 
the circumcised. 
{I}11_{/}They have to be 
silenced when they go 
around disturbing whole 
families, teaching for 
low gain what should not 
be taught. {I}12_{/}A 
Cretan, one of their own 
prophets has said, 
"Cretans: always liars, 
wicked beasts and lazy 
gluttons." {I}13_{/}This 
is true. For this reason 
rebuke them sharply if 
you want them to have a 
sound faith 
{I}14_{/}instead of 
heeding Jewish fables and 
practices of people who 
reject the truth.
{I}15_{/}To the pure 
everything is pure; to 
the corrupt and 
unbelieving nothing is 
pure: their minds and 
consciences have been 
defiled. {I}16_{/}They 
pretend to know God but 
deny him with their 
deeds. They are 
detestable, disobedient 
and unfit for doing 
anything good.
LIVE AS RESPONSIBLE 
PERSONS{/}

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{I}1_{/}Let your words 
strengthen sound 
doctrine. {I}2_{/}Tell 
the older men to be 
sober, serious, wise, 
sound in faith, love and 
perseverance. 
{I}3_{/}The older women 
in like manner must 
behave as befits holy 
women, not given to 
gossiping or drinking 
wine, {I}4_{/}but as good 
counselors, able to teach 
younger women to love 
their husbands and 
children, {I}5_{/}to be 
judicious and pure, to 
take care of their 
households, to be kind 
and submissive to their 
husbands, lest our faith 
be attacked.
{I}6_{/}Encourage the 
young men to be self-
controlled. {I}7_{/}Set 
them an example by your 
own way of doing. Let 
your teaching be earnest 
and sincere, {I}8_{/}and 
your preaching beyond 
reproach. Then your 
opponents will feel 
ashamed and will have 
nothing to criticize.
{I}9_{/}Teach slaves to 
be subject to their 
masters, and to give 
satisfaction in every 
respect, instead of 
arguing. {I}10_{/}They 
must not steal from them 
but be trustworthy. In 
this way they will draw 
everyone to admire the 
doctrine of God our 
Savior.
{I}11_{/}For God Savior 
has revealed his loving 
plan to all, 
{I}12_{/}teaching us to 
reject an irreligious way 
of life and worldly 
greed, and to live in 
this world as responsible 
persons, upright and 
serving God, 
{I}13_{/}while we await 
our blessed hope - the 
glorious manifestation of 
our great God and Savior 
Christ Jesus. {I}14_{/}He 
gave himself for us, to 
redeem us from every evil 
and to purify a people he 
wanted to be his own and 
dedicated to what is 
good.
{I}15_{/}Teach these 
things, encourage and 
reprove with all 
authority. Let no one 
despise you.
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{I}1_{/}Remind the 
believers to be 
submissive to rulers and 
authorities, to be 
obedient and to take the 
initiative in doing good. 
{I}2_{/}Tell them to 
insult no one; they must 
not be quarrelsome but 
gentle and understanding 
with everyone.
{I}3_{/}We ourselves were 
once foolish, disobedient 
and misled. We were 
slaves of our desires, 
seeking pleasures of 
every kind. We lived in 
malice and envy, hateful 
and hating each other. 
{I}4_{/}But God our 
Savior revealed his 
eminent goodness and love 
for humankind {I}5_{/}and 
saved us, not because of 
good deeds we may have 
done but for the sake of 
his own mercy. He gave us 
rebirth in baptism and 
renewed us by the Holy 
Spirit {I}6_{/}poured 
over us through Christ 
Jesus our Savior. 
{I}7_{/}By the grace of 
God we were made holy and 
now we hope for 
everlasting life, our 
inheritance.
{I}8_{/}This is the 
truth. I want you to 
insist on these things, 
for those who believe in 
God must excel in good 
deeds; that is what 
matters and is profitable 
to us. {I}9_{/}Avoid 
stupid arguments, 
discussions about 
genealogies and quarrels 
about the Law, for they 
are useless and 
unimportant.
{I}10_{/}If anyone 
promotes sects in the 
church, warn him once and 
then a second time. If he 
still continues, break 
with him, 
{I}11_{/}knowing that 
such a person is misled 
and sinful and stands 
self-condemned.
{I}12_{/}When I send 
Artemas or Tychicus to 
you, try to come to me at 
Nicopolis as soon as 
possible, for I have 
decided to spend the 
winter there. {I}13_{/}Do 
your best to send Zenas 
the lawyer and Apollos on 
their way soon, and see 
to it that they have 
everything they need. 
{I}14_{/}Our people must 
learn to be outstanding 
in good works and to face 
urgent needs, instead of 
remaining idle and 
useless.
{I}15_{/}All who are with 
me send greetings. Greet 
those who love us in the 
faith.
Grace be with you all.

