Tit 1 | NASB1995 | STEP | Paul , a bond-servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ , for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness ,

Titus 1

Salutation

1 Paul, ^aa bond-servant of God and an ^bapostle of Jesus Christ, ^{▼▼ Or according to}for the faith of those ^dchosen of God and ^ethe knowledge of the truth which is ^faccording to godliness, 2 in ^gthe hope of eternal life, which God, ^hwho cannot lie, ⁱpromised ^{▼▼ Lit before times eternal
,} ^klong ages ago, 3 but ^lat the proper time manifested, even His word, in ^mthe proclamation ⁿwith which I was entrusted ^oaccording to the commandment of ^pGod our Savior,

4 To ^qTitus, ^rmy true child ^{▼▼ Lit according to}in a ^tcommon faith: ^uGrace and peace from God the Father and ^vChrist Jesus our Savior.

Qualifications of Elders

5 For this reason I left you in ^wCrete, that you would set in order what remains and ^xappoint ^yelders in every city as I directed you, 6 namely, ^zif any man is above reproach, the ^aahusband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of ^abdissipation or ^acrebellion. 7 For the ^{▼▼ Or bishop
,} ^aeoverseer must be above reproach as ^afGod’s steward, not ^agself-willed, not quick-tempered, not ^ahaddicted to wine, not pugnacious, ^ainot fond of sordid gain, 8 but ^ajhospitable, ^akloving what is good, sensible, just, devout, self-controlled, 9 ^alholding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in ^amsound doctrine and to refute those who contradict.

10 ^anFor there are many ^aorebellious men, ^apempty talkers and deceivers, especially ^aqthose of the circumcision, 11 who must be silenced because they are upsetting ^arwhole families, teaching ^asthings they should not teach ^atfor the sake of sordid gain. 12 One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, ^au“Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” 13 This testimony is true. For this reason ^avreprove them ^awseverely so that they may be ^axsound in the faith, 14 not paying attention to Jewish ^aymyths and ^azcommandments of men who ^baturn away from the truth. 15 ^bbTo the pure, all things are pure; but ^bcto those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their ^bdmind and their conscience are defiled. 16 ^beThey profess to know God, but by their deeds they ^bfdeny Him, being ^bgdetestable and ^bhdisobedient and ^biworthless ^bjfor any good deed.