Psa 30
 
be[See ver. 1 above]

Deuteronomy 20:5

5Then the officers shall speak to the people, saying, ‘Is there any man who has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man dedicate it.

Nehemiah 12:30

30And the priests and the Levites apurified themselves, and they purified the people and the gates and the wall.

Psalms 30:1

Joy Comes with the Morning

A Psalm of David. A song at the dedication of bthe temple.

1 I will cextol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up
and have not let my foes drejoice over me.

This pastoral letter from Paul to Titus was intended to offer encouragement and wisdom as Titus endured ongoing opposition from the ungodly and from legalists within his congregations. Paul instructed Titus to complete his assigned job of establishing overseers (elders) for the churches under his care. He described what sort of people these leaders should be, and how all believers should live in relation to each other as well as in their interactions with nonbelievers. Proper Christian behavior is based on the fact that “the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,” and therefore those who believe in Christ are to “live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives” as they await his return (2:11-13). Paul probably wrote this letter in the 60s a.d.

Titus 1

Greeting

1Paul, a servant
Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
of God and fan apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and gtheir knowledge of the truth, hwhich accords with godliness,
2 iin hope of eternal life, which God, jwho never lies, kpromised lbefore the ages began
Greek before times eternal
3and nat the proper time manifested in his word othrough the preaching pwith which I have been entrusted qby the command of God our Savior;

4To Titus, rmy true child in sa common faith:

tGrace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

Qualifications for Elders

5 uThis is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and vappoint elders in every town as I directed you 6 wif anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife,
Or a man of one woman
and his children are believers
Or  are faithful
and not open to the charge of zdebauchery or insubordination.
7For an overseer,
Or bishop; Greek episkopos
abas God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not acbe arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent ador greedy for gain,
8but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, aeand disciplined. 9He must afhold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in agsound
Or healthy; also verse 13
doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

10For there are many who are insubordinate, aiempty talkers and deceivers, especially those of ajthe circumcision party.
Or  especially those of the circumcision
11They must be silenced, since althey are upsetting whole families by teaching amfor shameful gain what they ought not to teach. 12 anOne of the Cretans,
Greek  One of them
a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
Probably from Epimenides of Crete
13This testimony is true. Therefore aqrebuke them arsharply, that they asmay be sound in the faith, 14 atnot devoting themselves to Jewish myths and authe commands of people avwho turn away from the truth. 15 awTo the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and axunbelieving, nothing is pure; but both aytheir minds and their consciences are defiled. 16 azThey profess to know God, but they badeny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, bbunfit for any good work.

Titus 2

Teach Sound Doctrine

1But as for you, teach what accords with bcsound
Or healthy; also verses 2, 8
doctrine.
2Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, besound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. 3 bfOlder women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, bgnot slanderers bhor slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, 4and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, 5to be self-controlled, bipure, bjworking at home, kind, and bksubmissive to their own husbands, blthat the word of God may not be reviled. 6Likewise, urge bmthe younger men to be self-controlled. 7Show yourself in all respects to be bna model of good works, and in your teaching boshow integrity, bpdignity, 8and bqsound speech that cannot be condemned, brso that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us. 9 bsBondservants
Or Slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
are to be submissive to their own masters buin everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,
10not pilfering, bvbut showing all good faith, bwso that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.

11For bxthe grace of God byhas appeared, bringing salvation bzfor all people, 12training us to renounce ungodliness and caworldly passions, and cbto live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in ccthe present age, 13 cdwaiting for our blessed cehope, the cfappearing of the glory of our great cgGod and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 chwho gave himself for us to ciredeem us from all lawlessness and cjto purify for himself cka people for his own possession who are clzealous for good works.

15Declare these things; exhort and cmrebuke with all authority. cnLet no one disregard you.

Titus 3

Be Ready for Every Good Work

1Remind them coto be submissive to rulers and authorities, cpto be obedient, to be ready for every good work, 2 cqto speak evil of no one, crto avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and csto show perfect courtesy toward all people. 3For ctwe ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. 4But when cuthe goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5he saved us, cvnot because of works done by us in righteousness, but cwaccording to his own mercy, by cxthe washing of regeneration and cyrenewal of the Holy Spirit, 6whom he czpoured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7so that dabeing justified by his grace we might become dbheirs dcaccording to the hope of eternal life. 8The saying is ddtrustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful deto devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people. 9But dfavoid foolish dgcontroversies, dhgenealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for dithey are unprofitable and worthless. 10As for a person who stirs up division, djafter warning him once and then twice, dkhave nothing more to do with him, 11knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned.

Final Instructions and Greetings

12When I send Artemas or dlTychicus to you, do your best to come to me dmat Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. 13Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and dnApollos on their way; see that they lack nothing. 14And let our people learn doto devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not dpbe unfruitful.

15All who are with me send greetings to you. Greet those who love us in the faith.

dqGrace be with you all.

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