¹ Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledgement of the truth, which is according to godliness;

² in hope of eternal life, which God, who can not lie, promised be fore the times of the ages,

³ but he has in his own times manifested his word by preaching, which was committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior;

⁴ to Titus, my true son, according to the common faith: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.

⁵ I left you in Crete for this purpose, that you might set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I commanded you:

⁶ if any one is blameless, the husband of one wife, if he has faithful children that are not accused of riotous living, or disobedient.

⁷ For the bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not passionate, not fond of wine, not quarrelsome, not one who makes money by base means;

⁸ but hospitable, a lover of goodness, sober-minded, just, holy, temperate,

⁹ holding fast the sure word as it is taught, that he may be able, by sound teaching, both to exhort and to convince the opposers.

¹⁰ For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

¹¹ whose mouths must be stopped: these subvert whole houses by teaching, for the sake of base gain, things which they ought not to teach.

¹² One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said: The Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.

¹³ This testimony is true; wherefore rebuke them severely, that they may be sound in the faith,

¹⁴ and not give heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men that turn away from the truth.

¹⁵ To the pure, all things are pure: but to the denied and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but their mind and their conscience are denied.

¹⁶ They profess that they know God, but in their works they deny him, being detestable and disobedient, and, as it respects every good work, rejected.

¹ But do you speak the things that become sound teaching;

² that the aged men be vigilant, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

³ that the aged women likewise be, in deportment, as it becomes holy women, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of good things,

⁴ That they may teach the young women to be sober-minded, to love their husbands, to love their children,

⁵ to be discreet, chaste, fond of home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not reviled.

⁶ Exhort the young men likewise to be sober-minded,

⁷ in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in teaching, showing incorruptness, gravity,

⁸ sound speech that can not be condemned; that he that is opposed may be ashamed, seeing he has no evil thing to say of us.

⁹ Exhort servants to be subject to their own masters, and to please them well in all things, not contradicting,

¹⁰ not stealing, but showing all good faithfulness, that they may adorn the teaching of God our Savior in all things.

¹¹ For the grace of God, which brings salvation to all men, has appeared,

¹² teaching us, that denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in the present age;

¹³ looking for the blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

¹⁴ who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

¹⁵ Speak these things, and exhort and rebuke with all strictness. Let no one despise you.

¹ Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rulers, to be ready for every good work,

² to revile no one, not to be contentious, but gentle, showing all meekness to all men.

³ For we ourselves also were formerly foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

⁴ But when the kindness and philanthropy of God our Savior appeared, he saved us,

⁵ not by works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

⁶ which he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior;

⁷ that, being justified by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

⁸ This saying is true, and in respect to these things, I will that you affirm strongly, in order that those who have believed in God may be careful to practice good works: these are the things that are honorable and profitable for men.

⁹ But foolish questions and genealogies and strifes and contentions about the law, avoid; for they are unprofitable and vain.

¹⁰ A man that is a sectary, reject, after the first and second admonition,

¹¹ knowing that such a one is perverted, and sins, being self-condemned.

¹² When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, hasten to come to me at Nicopolis; for I have determined to spend the winter there.

¹³ Conduct Zenas the lawyer, and Apollos on their journey with care, that nothing may be wanting to them.

¹⁴ Let our people also learn to practice good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

¹⁵ All that are with me salute you. Salute those who love us in faithfulness. Grace be with you all. Amen.