Psa 6
 
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Psalms 6:1

O Lord, Deliver My Life

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to aThe Sheminith.
Probably a musical or liturgical term
A Psalm of David.

1 O Lord, crebuke me not in your anger,
nor ddiscipline me in your wrath.

Psalms 12:1

The Faithful Have Vanished

To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith.
Probably a musical or liturgical term
A Psalm of David.

1 Save, O Lord, for fthe godly one is gone;
for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.

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 han apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and itheir knowledge of the truth, jwhich accords with godliness,
2 kin hope of eternal life, which God, lwho never lies, mpromised nbefore the ages began
Greek before times eternal
3and pat the proper time manifested in his word qthrough the preaching rwith which I have been entrusted sby the command of God our Savior;

4To Titus, tmy true child in ua common faith:

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

Qualifications for Elders

5 wThis is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and xappoint elders in every town as I directed you 6 yif 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 abdebauchery or insubordination.
7For an overseer,
Or bishop; Greek episkopos
adas God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not aebe arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent afor greedy for gain,
8but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, agand disciplined. 9He must ahhold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in aisound
Or healthy; also verse 13
doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

10For there are many who are insubordinate, akempty talkers and deceivers, especially those of althe circumcision party.
Or  especially those of the circumcision
11They must be silenced, since anthey are upsetting whole families by teaching aofor shameful gain what they ought not to teach. 12 apOne 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 asrebuke them atsharply, that they aumay be sound in the faith, 14 avnot devoting themselves to Jewish myths and awthe commands of people axwho turn away from the truth. 15 ayTo the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and azunbelieving, nothing is pure; but both batheir minds and their consciences are defiled. 16 bbThey profess to know God, but they bcdeny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, bdunfit for any good work.

Titus 2

Teach Sound Doctrine

1But as for you, teach what accords with besound
Or healthy; also verses 2, 8
doctrine.
2Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, bgsound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. 3 bhOlder women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, binot slanderers bjor 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, bkpure, blworking at home, kind, and bmsubmissive to their own husbands, bnthat the word of God may not be reviled. 6Likewise, urge bothe younger men to be self-controlled. 7Show yourself in all respects to be bpa model of good works, and in your teaching bqshow integrity, brdignity, 8and bssound speech that cannot be condemned, btso that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us. 9 buBondservants
Or Slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
are to be submissive to their own masters bwin everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,
10not pilfering, bxbut showing all good faith, byso that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.

11For bzthe grace of God cahas appeared, bringing salvation cbfor all people, 12training us to renounce ungodliness and ccworldly passions, and cdto live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in cethe present age, 13 cfwaiting for our blessed cghope, the chappearing of the glory of our great ciGod and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 cjwho gave himself for us to ckredeem us from all lawlessness and clto purify for himself cma people for his own possession who are cnzealous for good works.

15Declare these things; exhort and corebuke with all authority. cpLet no one disregard you.

Titus 3

Be Ready for Every Good Work

1Remind them cqto be submissive to rulers and authorities, crto be obedient, to be ready for every good work, 2 csto speak evil of no one, ctto avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and cuto show perfect courtesy toward all people. 3For cvwe 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 cwthe goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5he saved us, cxnot because of works done by us in righteousness, but cyaccording to his own mercy, by czthe washing of regeneration and darenewal of the Holy Spirit, 6whom he dbpoured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7so that dcbeing justified by his grace we might become ddheirs deaccording to the hope of eternal life. 8The saying is dftrustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful dgto devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people. 9But dhavoid foolish dicontroversies, djgenealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for dkthey are unprofitable and worthless. 10As for a person who stirs up division, dlafter warning him once and then twice, dmhave 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 dnTychicus to you, do your best to come to me doat Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. 13Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and dpApollos on their way; see that they lack nothing. 14And let our people learn dqto devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not drbe unfruitful.

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

dsGrace be with you all.

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