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Titus 1

Salutation

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Paul,  aa bond-servant of God and an  bapostle of Jesus Christ,  1for the faith of those  cchosen of God and  dthe knowledge of the truth which is  eaccording to godliness,

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in  athe hope of eternal life, which God,  bwho cannot lie,  cpromised  1 dlong ages ago,

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but  aat the proper time manifested, even His word, in  bthe proclamation  cwith which I was entrusted  daccording to the commandment of  eGod our Savior,

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To  aTitus,  bmy true child  1in a  ccommon faith:  dGrace and peace from God the Father and  eChrist Jesus our Savior.

Qualifications of Elders

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For this reason I left you in  aCrete, that you would set in order what remains and  bappoint  celders in every city as I directed you,

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namely,  aif any man is above reproach, the  bhusband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of  cdissipation or  drebellion.

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For the  1 aoverseer must be above reproach as  bGod's steward, not  cself-willed, not quick-tempered, not  daddicted to wine, not pugnacious,  enot fond of sordid gain,

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but  ahospitable,  bloving what is good, sensible, just, devout, self-controlled,

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 aholding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in  bsound doctrine and to refute those who contradict.

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 aFor there are many  brebellious men,  cempty talkers and deceivers, especially  dthose of the circumcision,

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who must be silenced because they are upsetting  awhole families, teaching  bthings they should not teach  cfor the sake of sordid gain.

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One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, " aCretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."

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This testimony is true. For this reason  areprove them  bseverely so that they may be  csound in the faith,

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not paying attention to Jewish  amyths and  bcommandments of men who  cturn away from the truth.

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 aTo the pure, all things are pure; but  bto those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their  cmind and their conscience are defiled.

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 aThey profess to know God, but by their deeds they  bdeny Him, being  cdetestable and  ddisobedient and  eworthless  ffor any good deed.



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